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That everyone who thirsteth for the truth may obtain it, these publications are, as a Christian service, provided without charge. They levy but one exaction: the soul's obligation to itself to prove all things and hold fast to that which is good. The only strings attached to this free proffer are the golden strands of Eden and the crimson cords of Calvary - the ties that bind.

"Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away
in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy
Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God." Rev. 21:9,10.

"Clearly, then, the bride represents the holy city, and the virgins that go out to
meet the bridegroom (Mat. 25) are a symbol of the church. In the Revelation the
people of God are said to be guests at the marriage supper.If guests, they cannot
also be represented as the bride." Great Controversy, p. 426,427.

Seeing that God's people (the church) are portrayed as guests at the supper, and
as virgins waiting as part of the bridal procession, who then is the bride? When the
apostle Paul, in 2 Cor. 11:2, speaks of his having "espoused" the believers to Christ "as
a (not, as the) chaste virgin," he is using figurative language, and is not speaking literally.
In the Revelation, though, the situation is not the same. The apostle John is writing in
symbolical, not figurative, language, of the Bride, the Holy City. The City is a symbol
of Someone, or something, literal. In Rev. 21:12-14, it is written that the wall of the city
has twelve gates and twelve foundations which have written on them the names of the
twelve tribes of Israel, and of the twelve apostles, respectively. The wall surrounds the
City. Though the wall contains the city, it is not the City itself. You can take away the
wall, with its foundations and gates, and the City, that is surrounded by the wall, still
exists as a separate entity.

From the first chapters of Genesis, to the final chapters of the Revelation, God has
used the male - female relationship known as marriage to show forth profound truths.
That which was revealed in the creation of Adam and Eve, and their relationships with
each other, was a revelation of the truth of the Godhead (Rom. 1:20), for, "GOD said, Let
US make man in OUR IMAGE, after OUR LIKENESS... So GOD created man in his
OWN IMAGE; in the IMAGE OF GOD created he him, MALE AND FEMALE created he
them." Gen. 1:26,27. Even the word that is translated "God" in these verses, and in
many other places throughout the Hebrew Scriptures, shows a "marriage" relationship;
in that the word elohim (Gods), in Hebrew, is a feminine based word, eloah, with a
masculine plural ending, im. If the Gods (if the word is plural in Hebrew, there is no
reason to translate it as singular) had wanted to express the idea of an all male Godhead,
the word to use would be elim; for el is the masculine singular word for "God," as eloah
is the feminine singular form of the same word (which should be translated "Goddess").
But this word, elim, occurs only twice in the Bible, while elohim occurs hundreds of times.
Hence, the writers of the holy Scriptures were inspired to use the family image as
portrayed in the word elohim, with much greater frequency because God wanted to
reveal that the male/female image, marriage, was Their true image and likeness.

The Scriptures, both the Old and the New Testaments, are replete with images of the
Bride. The author, Lois Roden, in the following presentation, has, by the grace of God
through the Holy Ghost (with the aid of the two Divine Guides in life, the Bible and

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nature), been privileged to unravel for us this most mysterious truth of the Bride of
Christ. The following studies first appeared as a series of monthly field letters in mid-to-late 1986, just prior to Mrs. Roden's falling asleep in the Lord in November of 1986. Due
to some very trying circumstances at the time of their original publication, the studies
were not properly proofread for spelling, punctuation, or sentence structure, as was the
normal procedure for Mrs. Roden's works. It was her wish to combine all of the different
parts of the Bride of Christ into one book. In this presentation of her studies, the original
format has been retained, and the only changes that have been made are minor errors
not affecting the thought presented.

The publishers are not currently aware of a PART FOUR of this series. We believe
that PART FIVE was issued before PART FOUR was finished for publication. Time will
tell (which was one of Mrs. Roden's favorite sayings). It may be noted that at the end of
PART FIVE it reads, "to be continued." And so it remains.

The truth of this matter is simple, yet it's complex in its ramification. It can be seen
in the very Name by which the Gods (ha elohim) chose to be known; that is the four
consonant name YHWH. In this representation of fourcharacters, Y, H, W, H, in
number, by only threedifferent characters, Y, H, and W, the story is told. This and other
aspects relative to the presentation, will be presented in the Publisher's Review following
the main presentation, along with a list of other free publications on this topic by the
author. So, with humble and prayerful hearts may we proceed to behold...

"As the worker studies the life of Christ, and the character of His Mission is dwelt
upon, EACH FRESH SEARCH will reveal something more deeply interesting than has
yet been unfolded. The subject is inexhaustible. The study of the incarnation of Christ,
His atoning sacrifice, and mediatorial work will employ the mind AS LONG AS TIME
SHALL LAST." Gospel Workers, p. 251.

"That God should thus be manifest in the flesh, is indeed a mystery; and WITHOUT
THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT we cannot hope to comprehend the subject. The
most humbling lesson that man has to learn is the nothingness of human wisdom, and
the folly of trying, by his own UNAIDED EFFORTS, to find out God!!" Review and Herald,
April 5, 1906. THE MESSAGE HERE IS THAT WITH THE AID OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST.

"This is a great mystery, a mystery that will not be fully, completely, understood in
all its greatness UNTIL THE TRANSLATION of the REDEEMED (Wavesheaf) shall take
place. Then the power and greatness and efficacy of the gift of God to man will be
understood. But the enemy is determined that this GIFT shall be so MYSTIFIED that it
will become AS NOTHINGNESS!" Seventh Day Adventist Bible Commentary, Vol. 5, p.
1113.

"The more we think about Christ becoming a babe here on earth, the more wonderful
it appears. How can it be that the helpless babe in Bethlehem's manger is STILL THE
DIVINE SON OF GOD? Though we cannot understand it, we can believe that He who
made the worlds, for our sakes became a helpless babe. Though higher than any of the
angels, though as great as the Father on the throne of heaven He became one with us.
In Him, God and man BECAME ONE, and it is in this fact that we find the hope of our
fallen race. Looking upon Christ IN THE FLESH, WE LOOK UPON GOD IN HUMANITY,
(Adam and Eve) and see in Him the brightness of divine GLORY (Spirit – Fem.); the
express image of God, the Father (male and female – Gen. 1:26,27; 5:1,2)." Youth
Instructor, Nov. 21, 1895.

THE "BRIDE" OF CHRIST

"There are LIGHT and GLORY in the TRUTH that Christ was ONE with the Father
BEFORE the foundation of the world was laid. This is a light shining in a dark place (our
world), making it resplendent with divine, original glory. This TRUTH, infinitely
mysterious in itself, EXPLAINS OTHER mysterious and otherwise unexplainable
TRUTHS, while it is enshrined in light, unapproachable and incomprehensible." Review
and Herald, April 5, 1906 p. 8. Except it be understood in the light of Rom. 1:20.

"The King of the Universe (the ETERNAL Father) summoned the heavenly hosts
before Him, that in their presence He might set forth the true POSITION of His SON, and
show the relation He sustained to all created beings. The Son of God shared the

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Father's throne, AND THE GLORY OF THE ETERNAL self-existent ONE (The Holy
Spirit) ENCIRCLED BOTH." Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 36.

However much a Shepherd may love his sheep, he loves his SONS AND
DAUGHTERS more. Jesus is not only our Shepherd; He is our "EVERLASTING
FATHER"; Heb. 1; Isa. 9:6; Mic. 5:2. And He says, "I know Mine own, and Mine own
know Me; even as the Father knoweth Me, and I know the Father." John 10:14,15 RV.

"WHAT A STATEMENT IS THIS! -- the only 'BEGOTTEN SON,' He who is in the
BOSOM of the Father, He whom God hath declared to be 'the Man that is My fellow'
(Zec. 13:7), -- the communion between Him (the Son) and the ETERNAL God (His
Father) is taken to represent the communion between CHRIST (the Everlasting Father –
Isa. 9:6) and His CHILDREN ON EARTH (born of the Holy Ghost)." Review and Herald,
1906.

Therefore, according to the Scriptures, we can see clearly, by the power of the Holy
Ghost, in the story of the Creation of Adam and Eve, that God (Elohim, Heb. – plural) is
Male and Female. Gen. 1:26,27; 5:1,2, TWO Adams – male and female made in the
image of at least two Persons called "God."

"And God said, let us (Father and Holy Spirit, the Son and His Spirit (Holy Ghost),
four, make MANKIND in OUR IMAGE, after OUR likeness; let THEM have complete
authority over the fish of the sea... (Heb. 11:3; 1:2; Ps. 104:30).

"So God (Elohim) created man in his own IMAGE AND LIKENESS of God created
He him; MALE and FEMALE created He THEM (an EARTHLY FATHER, Adam, and
MOTHER, Eve, in Their Heavenly Image). And God blessed THEM and said unto THEM
(both)...have dominion..." Gen. 1:26-28.

THEIR CREATION – a Review

"But there went up a mist (a fog – vapor) from the land and watered the whole
surface of the ground.

"THEN the Lord God (Elohim – plural, Mas. Fem.) FORMED man of the dust of the
ground, (first) and (then) breathed into his nostrils the breath (or spirit of life); and man
BECAME a LIVING SOUL.

The FIRST Adam's creation prefigured that of the Second Adam, the only begotten
Son of God in the flesh (of Mary, also an earthen vessel), away from Paradise, the
HEAVENLY Eden, OUTSIDE the Garden of God – in the earth; even as Adam was
formed outside the EARTHLY Garden of Eden.

"And God planted a garden toward the east in Eden (meaning delight); and there he
put the man whom He had formed (framed constituted).

"And the Lord God (Elohim) took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend

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and guard and keep it.

"Now the Lord God said, it is not good (sufficient, satisfactory) that the man should
be alone; I will make him a helpmeet (suitable, adapted, COMPLETING) for him."
Gen. 2:6-8,15,18,21-24. By these verses it is clear that Eve was NOT created in the
SAME PLACE or in the SAME MANNER as was Adam, though he was made in the
image of God, Male and Female (his rib) as one person. Therefore, the lesson shows
that the SECOND Adam was to be revealed FIRST as ONE PERSON in the flesh, in the
image of God who is male and female, and that upon his return to Paradise, the
HEAVENLY Eden, His helpmeet (Bride) would be revealed, as Eve (Adam's Spirit –
feminine self) was brought forth from his side IN the EARTHLY Garden of Eden.

"And the Lord caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and while he slept he took
one of his ribs -- a part of his side -- and closed up the (place with) flesh instead of it."
Gen. 2:21 Amplified Version. The FIRST Adam's sleep (he later died because of sin)
was a TYPE of the SECOND Adam's death (sleep) that was to bring forth His Bride (Rib).

"And the rib or part of his side which the Lord God had taken from the man, He built
up and made into a woman and brought her to the Man (as his equal).

"Then Adam said, This (creature) is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.
She shall be called WOMAN because she was taken OUT OF MAN." Gen. 2:23.
NOTICE, Eve was made of LIVING flesh and bone in the Garden of Eden, the EARTHLY
THRONE of God. The FIRST Adam symbolically died (slept), prefiguring the death of the
second Adam; so that the Lord God could reveal His Bride, a part of Him – flesh (blood)
and Spirit (water) – in the HEAVENLY Eden – throne of God in Paradise; "and SHE shall
be called God, because she was taken OUT OF The Second ADAM, CHRIST."

"But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear and immediately BLOOD and
WATER came (flowed) out. That the Scripture (Zec. 12:10) might be fulfilled..." John
19:34-36.

Two separate symbolic streams gushed forth from the Saviour's side, one of blood
(flesh), and another of water (Spirit); signifying in the first instance, His human (flesh and
blood) and His DIVINE nature (Spirit – water), and secondly, the division of Himself, like
the FIRST Adam, to reveal His Spirit – self, The Holy Ghost, His Bride.

"And when Jesus had CRIED out with a LOUD VOICE..." Luke 23:46.

It was the appointed time that He should be crucified through weakness. (2 Cor.
13:4) But like the dying martyrs who had such visions of coming Glory before breathing
their last, as to impart to them STRENGTH to UTTER a MESSAGE to wondering
ONLOOKERS; just so, the MIGHTY VOICE of the dying Redeemer was another example
of one Who received strength for the final exultant shout of victory, even in death as
recorded by Luke, "FATHER, INTO THY HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT." This was His
MESSAGE to us who look upon His suffering – to bring forth THE TRUTH of the HOLY
GHOST (John 14:16,26; 15:26; 16:7,13-16). His Soul, the Holy Ghost, emerged from Its

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mysterious horrors. The Son of God yields up into His Father's hands His infinitely
precious Spirit (Ps. 31:5). "This COMFORTER (John 14:26 – in His name) is the Holy
(Ghost) Spirit, the SOUL of His (Christ's) LIFE." Review and Herald, Vol. 5, p. 42.

His cry, "It is finished," was his last, "and He bowed His head and gave up the (Holy)
Ghost." John 19:20-30.

PART TWO

MATTHEW 25:1-13

The harvest in the End of the world (Matt. 13:39)

"Christ with His disciples is seated upon the Mt. of Olives. The sun has set behind
the mountains and the heavens are curtained with the shades of evening. In FULL VIEW
is a DWELLING HOUSE, lighted UP brilliantly, as if for some festive scene. The light
streams from the openings, and an expectant COMPANY wait around indicating that a
MARRIAGE PROCESSION IS SOON TO APPEAR. In many parts of the East, wedding
festivities are held in the EVENING. The bridegroom GOES FORTH TO MEET his
BRIDE, and bring her to HIS HOME. By torchlight the BRIDAL PARTY PROCEED from
HER FATHER'S HOUSE to HIS OWN, where a feast is provided for the INVITED
GUESTS. In the scene upon which Christ looks, a COMPANY (ten virgins) are awaiting
the appearance of the BRIDAL PARTY, intending to JOIN THE PROCESSION.

"Lingering NEAR the BRIDE'S HOUSE are ten young women robed in white. ...All
are anxiously watching for the appearance of the bridegroom. But there is a delay. ...the
watchers (10 virgins) become weary and fall asleep. At midnight a cry is heard, 'Behold,
the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.' The sleepers, suddenly awaking, spring
to their feet. They see the PROCESSION MOVING ON, bright with torches, and glad
with music. They HEAR the VOICE of the BRIDEGROOM AND the VOICE of the BRIDE.
The ten maidens seize their lamps and begin to trim them, IN HASTE TO GO FORTH.

"As Christ sat looking upon the party that waited for the bridegroom, He told the
disciples the story of the ten virgins, by THEIR experience, ILLUSTRATING the
EXPERIENCE of the CHURCH that shall live JUST BEFORE His SECOND coming."
Christ's Object Lessons, p. 405,406. At His first coming, the Saviour of the world told the
disciples in the parable how the FIRST-FRUIT harvest was to be conducted in the END
of the world. "The ten virgins are watching in the EVENING of this earth's history."
Christ's Object Lessons, p. 412.

The interpretation given the parable by the messenger of THE THIRD ANGEL, 1844,
IS THUS:

1."The two classes of watchers (10 virgins, wise and foolish) represent two classes
who profess to be waiting for their Lord."

2."The LAMPS represent the WORD of God (Ps. 119:105)."

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3."The OIL is a symbol of the HOLY SPIRIT as brought forth in the prophecy of Zec.
4:1-14."

4.The message of Zec. 4 was: The Work will be FINISHED, "not by might, nor by
power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts." (Christ's Object Lessons, p. 406-407).

"And I answered AGAIN and said unto him, What be these TWO olive BRANCHES
which through the TWO golden pipes (prophets) empty the golden oil out of themselves?
...Then said he, These are the TWO ANOINTED ONES that stand BY the Lord of the
whole earth." Zec. 4:12,14.

"The TWO Divine Guides of life, the WORD and NATURE, as we have already seen,
are the BEST and ONLY TEACHERS that speak with AUTHORITY. Anyone, therefore,
who neglects their counsel is unwittingly walking in darkness and heading for trouble..."
Entering Wedge, p. 38.

Notice, that in Zec. 4:11, the identity of the TWO Olive Trees is in question, and, in
Zec. 4:12, the identity of the two olive BRANCHES is likewise, in question.

In Zec. 4:14, the IDENTITY of the TWO olive BRANCHES is given prophetically.

"Then said he, these are the TWO anointed ONES that stand BY the God of the
WHOLE earth."

Please note, there are TWO living trees. Each tree has His OWN BRANCH from
which flows the golden oil through TWO golden pipes (Prophets: Moses and Christ) into
the bowl (container, fem.) – a symbol of the office of the Spirit (Feminine) of Prophecy,
the Writings of the prophets, as given by the Holy Ghost.

The two olive trees have been defined by the Spirit of prophecy, in times past, to be
the Old and New Testament, TWO trees, "the WORD of God to Zerubbabel (Governor
– or symbol of the Holy Ghost Who relates the Scripture to the prophets by direct
Inspiration)" thus making the "two witnesses represent the SCRIPTURES (two Branches)
of the Old and New Testament," the two olive trees. (Great Controversy, p. 267).

In the Old Testament (Tree) we see the revelation of the Father as ONE under the
Mosaic dispensation, by a prophet, Moses, with the PROMISE of a Son.

In the New Testament (Tree) is the revelation of the "only begotten" Son as ONE,
made in the Image of God, the Father. (Heb. 1:3,5,6,13).

Here we have TWO MALE figures revealed as two trees. But what of the Branches?
"Knowest thou not what these be? Then said He, these are the two ANOINTED ONES
that stand BY the Lord of the whole earth." Zec. 4:13,14.

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In the primary application, one of the Divine guides of life, NATURE, in the light of
Rom. 1:20 and Gen. 1:26,27; 5:1,2, only, can tell us who these two anointed ONES are.
The key is found in Gen. 2:21. From the Tree, the FIRST Adam, a branch (rib) was
brought forth. In the first step of creation, Adam was made in the Image of Christ, his
Creator (John 1:3), one person. In the SECOND step, "God took one of his ribs (a
Branch of him)...and...made he a woman, and brought her to the man ...bone of his bone
and flesh of his flesh." Gen. 2:21-23.

Thus, Adam became two, Male and Female Persons, BOTH called Adam. Eve was
made in the Image of God, her Creator in Heaven. Gen. 1:26,27 says, "and God said,
Let US make man in OUR IMAGE, Male and FEMALE." Like the first earthly Adam, Christ
his Creator (the heavenly Adam), by creating Adam and Eve in His Image, Male and
Female, revealed His CO-CREATOR (a BRANCH of Himself) – the Holy Ghost, His
helpmeet standing by Him (Zec. 4:14) in the creation of all things in Their Image, male
and female.

The sum of all this nature story is:

As the Heavenly Adam, the Son of God, and the earthly son of God, Adam, were
made in the Image of the Eternal Father in Heaven; then, the evidence is conclusive:

The Eternal Father has a FEMALE counterpart, a Branch of Himself, a co-creator
standing BY Him, The Holy Spirit, the Eternal Mother (Zec. 4:14).

All these symbols denote TWO SETS of Witnesses in Heaven: (1) The Eternal
Father and Eternal Mother. (2) The Everlasting Father (Christ) Isa. 9:6, and the
Everlasting Mother (the Holy Ghost – John 14:26).

(3) In the earth, two SETS of WITNESSES -- The first Adam and Eve and the
Second Adam (Christ) and Eve (Holy Ghost), to be further revealed in PART 3.

In the parable, notice the SETTING. "Then shall the KINGDOM of HEAVEN be
LIKENED to ten virgins..." This earthly scene before which Christ and the apostles sat
was to teach them FIRST about the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, how the harvest was
conducted there, so they could understand how it would be in the earthly harvest in the
end of the world. (To be fully explained in the PART 3).

Under the FINAL phase of the Third Angel's message in the Judgment of the Living,
March – April 1986, the messenger of the Holy Spirit, of 1977, gives additional light on the
Parable concerning its present truth application to the Harvest of the FIRST fruits – the
Wave-sheaf, and the Wave loaves.

The TEN virgins are seen as the church, universal, who are the invited GUESTS (five
of whom were wise and five foolish) at the wedding of Christ and the Holy Ghost, His
BRIDE – a DIVINE PERSONAGE (Isa. 6: Rev. 10). In the bridal party are the Bridegroom
and the Bride with THEIR ATTENDANTS who represent the wave-sheaf, MALE and

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FEMALE.

In the first instance, Christ was the wave-sheaf (Desire of Ages, p. 785), and those
resurrected with Him, were, like Him, martyrs for their faith. FIRST we see the
wave-sheaf (barley) as ONE DIVINE PERSON, Christ, representing the DEAD
wave-sheaf, the Bridegroom. Secondly, we see the wave-sheaf as a multitude of
ATTENDANTS to the Bridegroom and certainly the Bride who is also ONE divine person
(representing the LIVING Wave-sheaf). The Holy Ghost, has her attendants – the female
wavesheaf – her maids of honor.

The DWELLING HOUSE, brilliantly lighted as for a festive scene equates with the
Heavenly Jerusalem – Temple – woman – and her counterpart on Earth, the church, the
dwelling place of the Holy Ghost, the Bride's house – temple.

The "company" waiting around is the church membership universal (ten); virgins
professing a pure doctrine and "awaiting the appearance of the BRIDAL PARTY, the
Groom's attendants plus the Bride's attendants intending to join the procession.

"Clearly, then, the Bride represents the Holy City (in heaven Heb. 12:22,23) and the
(ten) virgins that go out to meet the Bridegroom (and the Bride) are a symbol of the
church (members). In the Revelation the PEOPLE of God are said to be GUESTS at the
Marriage Supper. Rev. 19:9. If GUESTS they CANNOT be represented ALSO as the
BRIDE." Great Controversy, p. 426-7.

Let it be remembered that the Scriptures confirm the fact that an individual, ONE
person, not a multitude, represented the Holy City, New Jerusalem, THE BRIDE. An
earthly woman, Sarah, a MOTHER and the legal wife of Abraham, represented the
HEAVENLY JERUSALEM.

"But Jerusalem which is ABOVE is free which is the MOTHER of US ALL." Read
Gal. 4:22-31 and Heb. 12:22,23.

Therefore, the Bride is ONE as the Bridegroom is ONE. In the parable, Christ, the
Heavenly Bridegroom, and His Bride are members of the Godhead (Rom. 1:20) the only
begotten Son and His Spirit, the Holy Ghost.

"Lingering NEAR the BRIDE'S HOUSE (the church) are ten young women robed in
white. They are NOT a part of the BRIDAL PROCESSION, but are waiting for its
appearance. They go to sleep and are awakened by the cry, 'Behold the Bridegroom
cometh.' They awaken and see the procession MOVING ON. THEY HEAR THE VOICE
OF THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE VOICE OF THE BRIDE (TWO INSPIRED VOICES)."
Christ's Object Lessons, p. 405,406 (See also Great Controversy, p. 426). They trim their
lamps and go forth. The BRIDAL PARTY is composed of the Bride's attendants,
FEMALE, her father and mother, and the Bridegroom's male attendants (wave-sheaf).

When Jesus was resurrected by the LIFE that WAS within Himself, a multitude (of
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representative of the BRIDAL PARTY, ATTENDANTS, of the Bridegroom AND the
BRIDE. They were taken to His Father's house above, preparatory for the Betrothal in
the first apartment of the Heavenly Sanctuary where Christ and the Holy Ghost were
inaugurated into Their MEDIATORIAL Kingdom on the Day of Pentecost as signalized
by the outpouring of POWER as (2) tongues of fire (VOICE of the BRIDEGROOM and
VOICE of the BRIDE) upon the heads of the 120 disciples on earth GUESTS at the
Inauguration.

"The Heavenly Council"

"There is the throne, and around it the rainbow of Promise. There are cherubim and
seraphim. The COMMANDERS of the angel hosts, the SONS of God, the
REPRESENTATIVES of the UNFALLEN WORLDS, are assembled. The heavenly
council before which Lucifer had accused God and His Son, the REPRESENTATIVES
of those SINLESS realms over which Satan had thought to establish his dominion -- all
are there to welcome the Redeemer. They are eager to celebrate His triumph and to
glorify their King.

"The Sons of God are the Heavenly Apostles, REPRESENTATIVES of the
UNFALLEN Worlds, twelve Adams in our solar system of twelve planets. (Gen. 37:9;
Gen. 1:16, Isa. 34:4).

"Since along with our heaven and earth, therefore, our WHOLE solar system is to
pass away (Rev. 21:1) not only the saints from the earth then, but WITH THEM also THE
SONS of God from the whole system (12 planets) shall live and reign with Christ a
thousand years. O What a Privilege!" Behold, I Make All Things New, p. 25,26.

This event occurred at the end of their forty days ministry to gather the first fruits, the
120 disciples, and to prepare them to receive the power of the Holy Ghost on the day of
Pentecost.

The first ascension of Jesus, the Wavesheaf (Desire of Ages, p. 786), was on
Sunday, the 18th day of the first month, at Passover (John 20:17,19,22; Desire of Ages,
p. 785).

The next event to take place in the Harvest of Souls in the end of the World, Matt.
13:39, is the coming of the Bridegroom (Christ) and His Betrothed Bride (Holy Ghost) for
the living wavesheaf from the Remnant church, who will be joined by the resurrected
wavesheaf since 1844, for their inauguration into their Kingdom of Glory, with Christ and
His Bride in the Kingdom of Glory in the Most Holy Apartment of the Heavenly Sanctuary
– the Bridal Chamber. Then the Latter Rain, Holy Ghost in power, will be poured out upon
the waiting GUESTS – the 144,000 living saints on Mount Zion in Earthly Jerusalem.

I AM,

Yours, to be a True Witness of the Glorious Kingdom of Christ and the Holy Ghost on
earth, (Rev. 18 and 10).

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Lois Irene Scott Roden

THE SYMBOLS OF THE

ANTITYPICAL SECOND TEMPLE

UNDER ANTITYPICAL

HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH

TWO PROPHETS

REVELATION 11:10

July 4, 1986

"'This is the WORD of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, not by might, nor by power,
but by my SPIRIT, saith the LORD of HOSTS. ...And...What be these TWO OLIVE
BRANCHES which...empty the GOLDEN OIL out of THEMSELVES?' (They are TWO
parts (Branches) of TWO olive Trees.)...

"Then said he, These are the two ANOINTED ONES, that stand BY (with) the Lord
(Elohim, plural) of the whole earth. Zec. 4:1-6; 12-14.

"Thus the WORD (Son) of God (the Father) is represented by these symbols. (two
Olive trees, each with His own branch.)...

"The revelation of the (TWO) olive TREES is found in the eleventh chapter and the
fourth verse: 'These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks standing BEFORE
the Lord God of the earth.' The olive trees and the two candlesticks are the TWO
WITNESSES (Father and Son – Two Rams – Fathers of Lambs)...These two olive trees
and the two candlesticks are inseparable." Shepherd's Rod, Vol. 2, p. 283,284.

The CANDLESTICKS represent the earthly, Old Testament church whose husband
was the Father, and the earthly New Testament Church whose husband is the Messiah.
Here we have a mixture of heavenly and earthly symbols. Two members of the
Godhead; The Father and the Son, each with His Earthly wife of which Hagar, Sarah, and
Mary (one woman, representing BOTH the Old and New Testament Churches), were
symbols – Old and New Testament Churches.

But now, we must consider the HEAVENLY Beings who are represented ON EARTH
by Hagar and Sarah as wives of the Father and the Son. Since the two Olive
BRANCHES of Zec. 4 are "TWO ANOINTED ONES" and Branches of the two olive trees
(male), one can readily see by the creation story of Adam and Eve, that Adam was an
image of a male tree, and Eve was actually a branch of that tree, Adam. Therefore, it is
quite simple to see that the TWO BRANCHES of the TWO TREES (the Father and the
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a Branch of Adam, and as Adam and Eve were divided into male and female IMAGES
of God as revealed in Genesis, then, their Creator would, of necessity, be both male and
female. As with the Father and Holy Spirit, likewise, with the Son and Holy Ghost, four
members of the Godhead, male and female.

Notice, in the heavenly picture, these two Olive Branches, "TWO ANOINTED ONES"
empty...oil out of THEMSELVES and stand BY, (Zec. 4:14) the Lord (Elohim) of the whole
earth – in the work of creation. But in Revelation 11, is shown God's earthly agencies,
those who represent the Godhead, who stand BEFORE the God of the whole earth. Rev.
11:4. "Thus we have a candlestick [church – temple, woman] for each of the TWO
sections of God's church while the Scriptures were being written. One candlestick
[female] and one olive tree [male] to the Jewish church, and one candlestick and one
olive tree for the apostle's [both inseparable], and SEVEN for the remaining history of the
church TO THE TIME OF THE SEPARATION OF THE TARES FROM THE WHEAT, or
to the COMMENCEMENT of HARVEST. Thus, the candlestick ([woman,] church) in
Zechariah's vision is the TENTH, denoting a UNIVERSAL church; depicting the LIVING
CHURCH [temple] that shall unite with all the saints since the world began – which will
JOIN with the church of the entire universe of God!" Shepherd's Rod, Vol. 2, p. 284;
(Heb. 12:22-24,25). This candlestick, second antitypical Temple, has TWO prophets
(Rev. 11:10).

"This candlestick in Zechariah's vision is a glorious one, which in comparison, all
others stand in perfect harmony with the second temple, 'as nothing.'" ibid. Why?
Because the DIVINE PRESENCE (cloud by day – fire by night) dwells within THIS LAST
SECTION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH "which in comparison to the FIRST stood as
'nothing'" as was true in, the FIRST section of the ANTITYPICAL Temple (Solomon's),
represented by Jesus, who was the temple filled with the Holy Ghost. This tenth
candlestick represents the temple, church, WOMAN, the Holy Ghost, the BRIDE of
Christ, most glorious Who appears in cloud by day and fire by night and Who is revealed
by her earthly representative, a prophet, an antitypical Sarah. Gal. 4:4,6,22-31; Heb.
12:18-29. Read carefully Shepherd's Rod, Vol. 1, p. 226:3; 227:0,1. In other words, this
church has the TESTIMONY of JESUS, which is the SPIRIT of PROPHECY as brought
by the Holy Ghost, through her PERSONAL, EARTHLY REPRESENTATIVE.

"This golden candlestick is the most REMARKABLE SYMBOL in the Bible pertaining
to the church (woman) of God. Its arrangement...reveals that the LAST SECTION of
God's church, is to be the most glorious church in all ages. This 'CONTINUED
communication' by the HOLY SPIRIT to the church, represented by the (TWO) olive
BRANCHES emptying the 'GOLDEN OIL out of THEMSELVES' (The Shekinah in the Old
Testament and the Holy Ghost in the New Testament) into the (her) Golden Bowl, and
its complete set of supply tubes from the bowl to all its lamps, is to bring EVERY part of
the entire body in perfect harmony; a church without guile. Shepherd's Rod, Vol. 2, p.
286. These TWO "Olive Branches" symbolize TWO manifestations of the SPIRIT OF
GOD in a MESSAGE ABOUT The HOLY SPIRIT WHO creates Her IMAGE, a message
of a "likeness of herself" – the HOLY GHOST.

NOTE--- "Yes, the great army; the 144,000, will receive the PENTECOSTAL POWER

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-- which will designate that they are 'Kings' and 'Priests' of the Lord. AS WAS (emphasis
ours) Christ's '...ENTHRONEMENT in His mediatorial kingdom ... SIGNALIZED by the
outpouring of the HOLY SPIRIT (AD 31):' Christ's Object Lessons, p. 120, so the
MODERN-DAY (emphasis ours) PENTECOST will SIGNALIZE THE ENTHRONEMENT
OF HIS BRIDE -- Saviours, Mediators, Obadiah 21." – Crowned in the Wilderness, p. 2,
by Ben L. Roden. TWO mediators, Saviours, Christ and the Holy Ghost (Rom. 8:26,34),
come down upon Mt. Zion with the 144,000, twelve thousand from the twelve tribes of
Israel, in a "cloud by day and a fire by night" as THEY came down on Mt. Sinai in the
days of Moses.

"NOTE---The BRIDE, the Lamb's (Branch's) wife is evidently the church (represented
by ONE woman – Eve, Sarah, Mary) whose righteousness the Gentiles see and all
nations HER glory; the church that goes by her husband's 'new name,' the BRANCH,
which the mouth (mouthpiece) of the Lord (Jer. 33:15,16) names." Branch Sabbath
School Lessons, Vol. 6:1-3, p. 55, by Ben L. Roden.

"Before offering himself, as the sacrificial victim, Christ sought for the MOST
ESSENTIAL and COMPLETE GIFT to bestow upon His followers, a gift that would bring
within their reach the BOUNDLESS RESOURCES of GRACE (Holy Ghost). I will pray
the Father he said, and He shall give you ANOTHER COMFORTER, that he (she) may
abide with you forever. Desire of Ages, p. 663,668,669." ibid, p. 5.

"It is the HOLY SPIRIT, the COMFORTER, which Jesus said he would send into the
world, that changes our character into the IMAGE OF CHRIST, and when this is
accomplished, we reflect as in a mirror the GLORY (Spirit) of the Lord." Review and
Herald, Dec. 5, 1912.

"This prophetic SYMBOL [candlestick] unmistakably points FORWARD to a
HEAVENLY agency absorbing human weakness and imperfection into EVERLASTING
GLORY. 'A GLORIOUS CHURCH [woman], not having spot or wrinkle, or any such
thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.' (Eph. 5:27). A church that keeps
'the commandments of God and HAVE the TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST.'

" 'Clad in the armor of Christ's righteousness, the CHURCH [woman] is to enter upon
her FINAL conflict. "Fair as the moon, clear as the sun, terrible as an army with banners,
SHE is to go forth into all the world conquering and to conquer." ' Prophets and Kings,
p. 725 (Song 6:10) To THIS 'CANDLESTICK' is the PROMISE: 'Behold, I will make THEE
a new SHARP THRESHING INSTRUMENT having teeth [Rev. 14:17]: THOU shalt
THRESH the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills chaff." (Isa.
41:15). 'The ONE STONE' – the CHURCH [She the Lord our Righteousness Jer.
33:15,16] – shall have complete vision of HEAVENLY GLORY: 'For behold THE STONE
that I have laid before Joshua [JESUS, in the messenger whom the Lord sends]; upon
ONE STONE shall be SEVEN eyes [complete Spirit of God]: behold I will engrave the

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GRAVING thereof, saith the LORD of HOSTS [Holy Ghost] and I will remove the iniquity
of that land in one day...

"To the servants of God (the church) is granted to possess the earth, and restore the
land to the saints, to whom it originally belonged." Read (Zec. 12:3,8; 13:8,9; Ps. 87:3;
Isa. 12:6; Zec. 2:10) Shepherd's Rod, Vol. 2, p. 286-287.

It is very evident from the Scriptures that Christ came to earth, in the flesh, as the
SECOND ADAM (1 Cor. 15:45). Therefore, as he was the EXPRESS IMAGES of God,
His Father's Person, He represented male and female in ONE person as did the first
Adam from whose rib Eve was built, by God.

It is also quite evident that it was through Christ and His rib (the Holy Ghost) that all
things were created. Therefore, CHRIST is called the Everlasting FATHER, the Prince
of peace. Father, through creation of all things before Adam and Eve on the sixth day;
consequently, CHRIST and HIS SPIRIT (Rib – Holy Ghost) created together all things, for
without a UNION of the positive and negative forces nothing can come forth.

THEY, said "Let US make man in OUR Image MALE and FEMALE" (Gen. 1:26,27;
5:1,2). Adam came forth one person, his RIB representing Eve. God caused a deep
sleep to come upon Adam, so that Eve might come forth in all her perfection of beauty.
He was divided even as the Father and His Spirit were divided (positive and negative
forces) to bring forth their first BEGOTTEN SON, our Saviour, WHO became the Father
of all mankind through the creation. Heb. 1; John 1:1-18.

The GOSPEL in Genesis, Creation week, was a TYPE which prefigured the
SECOND Adam's coming in the flesh, as ONE PERSON; then going to sleep (died) that
the SECOND Eve might be revealed to humanity – a FEMININE Messiah – the BRANCH
SHE, the Lord His Righteousness (and ours) (Jer. 33:15,16).

With what matchless simplicity is the Gospel of Christ preached-through the Word
of God! In Genesis, Christ, the Everlasting Father said to SOMEONE, let US make
mankind in our image, Male and Female. We have known Adam was made in the
IMAGE of the Creator, but have thought little of in whose IMAGE Eve was made.

If Christ became the FATHER of all creation (Isa. 9:6); then, one would be
constrained to believe that, since a wife is a necessary vessel to bring forth children, it
was SHE to whom Christ said, let us make our IMAGE. Thus there were TWO
CREATIVE FORCES, both God's, male and female, who interacted to bring forth the two
Adams, a male and a female (Gen. 5:1,2). The old adage, Prophecy, "Like Father, Like
Son," had its origin in the "beginning"; for as the Father was known as "One" first; then
two, when the HOLY SPIRIT MOTHER was revealed as a separate Person of the
Godhead; so the Son was FIRST revealed as ONE PERSON in the flesh; then two, since
the Holy Ghost has been revealed, (Jan., Feb., 1986) as the SECOND Eve. Christ was
the Second Adam who went to sleep that SHE might be brought forth! (1 Cor. 15:45).

PART THREE

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THE SECOND ADAM AND EVE

1 COR. 15:45-47-49

"And so it is written, The FIRST man Adam was made a LIVING soul; the LAST
Adam was made a quickening (live) spirit.

"The FIRST man is of the earth, earthy: the SECOND man is the LORD FROM
HEAVEN.

"And as we have borne the IMAGE of the EARTHY, we SHALL also bear the IMAGE
of the heavenly. 1 Cor. 15:45,47,49.

"There is a NATURAL body, and there is a SPIRITUAL BODY." (verse 44). The
Spirit (Soul) of Christ, THE HOLY GHOST, is knocking at each heart's door, awaiting an
entrance, pleading through infinite love, the reclamation of the soul.

"The BRIDE, the lamb's (Branch's) wife is evidently the church (represented by ONE
woman Sarah) Gal. 4:26). WHOSE RIGHTEOUSNESS THE GENTILES SEE AND ALL
NATIONS HER GLORY: the church that goes by her husband's 'new name,' BRANCH
which the mouth (mouthpiece) of the Lord names...did you ever hear of a...lady going by
her own name after she was legally married to her husband?" Branch Sabbath School
Lessons, Vol. 6:1-3, p. 55, by Ben L. Roden.

Verse 24. "Now unto him (Christ) that is able to keep you from falling and to
PRESENT you FAULTLESS BEFORE the PRESENCE of his EXCELLENT GLORY (the
Holy Ghost) with exceeding joy.

Verse 25. "To the only WISE God our Saviour (Wisdom), be GLORY and MAJESTY,
DOMINION, and POWER, both NOW and forever. Jude 21-25.

In the light of the NEW revelation of Jesus Christ and His GLORY, WHO is the Holy
Ghost, we see in the above verses that Jude is presenting TWO Persons of the
Godhead, CHRIST and the HOLY GHOST, SAVIOURS (Oba. 21) who shall come upon
Mt. Zion to JUDGE the Mount of Esau (S.D.A.), and to reveal the 144,000 saviours that
stand on Mt. Zion in Jerusalem with the Lamb (Male and Female).

Adam was created first, in the MORNING of the sixth day of earth's history, and Eve
came forth from his side SECOND, last, in the EVENING of the sixth day pointing to the
6,000th (day) year of the earth's history. Thus, TWO Adams became ONE – male and
female – representing ONE DAY, the sixth (Morning and Evening).

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From the MORNING Star (Venus) came forth the EVENING star (Hesprus), TWO
manifestations of ONE day, STAR. The logical conclusion is, that, as God called THEIR
name Adam (Gen. 5:1,2), there were two Adams, a male and a female Adam. As a
result, the conclusion is inevitable that the Day Star is, likewise, depicted by NATURE
(Entering Wedge, p. 38), through the gospel in the Stars, to be TWO manifestations of
ONE star, Venus; which is BOTH the morning and evening star depicting the male and
femaleness of the number one (Echad – Heb.) TWO in ONE. Two persons of the
Godhead, if you please, to rule in the Kingdom of Glory on earth – Eden restored – with
a recreated Adam and Eve; EARTHLY representatives of CHRIST and the HOLY
GHOST who intercede for humanity BEFORE the Eternal Throne in Heaven in the
Heavenly Sanctuary. Rom. 8:26,34.

"And Saviours shall come upon Mt. Zion..." Oba. 21.

"For the GRACE (Holy Ghost) of God that bringeth salvation (to all men) hath
APPEARED to all men.

"Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly,
righteously, and godly, in this present world;

"Looking for the blessed hope, AND the GLORIOUS APPEARING of the (1) GREAT
GOD and (2) our Saviour Jesus Christ;

"...The 'army' of 'horses' is figurative of the WORKERS who proclaim the FINAL
MESSAGE. ...These 200,000,000 horses, we have learned, symbolize a great ARMY
OF GOSPEL WORKERS, from whose lips go a MESSAGE which means LIFE or
DEATH. That, therefore, must be the POWER in their MOUTH. Consequently, the 'fire,'
'smoke,' and 'brimstone,' which issue 'out of their mouths,' are figurative of the MESSAGE
which they proclaim: the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT (the 'fire'), the sacrifice of Christ
('the smoke'), and the destructive judgments of God ('the brimstone'). ...And now, as to
the swelled number of PREACHERS FROM 144,000 to 200,000,000..." OF THE 3,000
ON the DAY of Pentecost... Final Warning, p. 90,91,93.

"If Christians (Branches) were to act in concert, moving forward as one, under the
direction of ONE POWER, the Holy Ghost, for the accomplishment of ONE purpose, they
would MOVE THE WORLD." Behold, I Make All Things New, p. 221.

"My brethren and sisters, PLEAD for the HOLY SPIRIT. God stands back of every
promise He has made. With your Bible in your hands say, I have done as Thou hast
said. I present thy promise, ASK, and it shall be given you, SEEK and ye shall FIND,
KNOCK, and IT SHALL BE OPENED unto you. (Matt. 7:7)" Testimonies for the Church,
Vol. 8, p. 23.

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THE ANTITYPICAL PENTECOST

"Thus saith the Lord God: Now will I bring AGAIN the captivity of Jacob, and have
mercy on the WHOLE house of Israel and will be jealous for my holy name... Neither will
I hide my FACE (Shekinah) from them: for I HAVE POURED OUT MY SPIRIT UPON
THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, SAITH THE LORD GOD." Eze. 39:25,29.

"Being TWO in number...and made from wheat, the wave-loaves are figurative of
JUDAH and ISRAEL... Being baken with LEAVEN, shows they are leavened with the
TRUTH [of the Holy Ghost]. Waving them on the day of Pentecost shows that His people
WILL BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. ...The Passover lamb...was symbolic of the
LAMB OF GOD, Christ. ...Therefore, the seven lambs without blemish that are offered
with the bread are figurative of God's people. See John 21:15. "The number SEVEN
indicates completeness." (Acts of the Apostles, p. 585). Obviously the seven lambs are
figurative of the seven thousand of Israel who had not bowed the knee to Baal in ancient
Elijah's day... Since seven thousands indicate a complete number of thousands, they are
therefore a type of the 144,000...who have not bowed the knee to Baal in ANTITYPICAL
Elijah's day.

"Plainly then, the seven unblemished lambs are figurative of the 144,000 guileless
servants of God. Rev. 14:1-5. The TWO RAMS of Lev. 23:18, being the FATHERS of
the SEVEN unblemished lambs and the RAM'S bodies, being offered for A MEAT
OFFERING MADE BY FIRE, a symbol of the HOLY SPIRIT, and the meat being a
symbol of God's WORD (Heb. 5:14) we conclude that the BODIES of the TWO RAMS are
figurative of the OLD and NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES – the Bible [Zec. 4:11], that
which BEGAT the Bible people, the Old and New Testament churches. Now...the lambs
are symbolic of God's elect and the TWO RAMS are figurative of the Bible [Old and New
Testament]" – FATHERS (trees Zec. 4:11). God the FATHER, and CHRIST the
EVERLASTING FATHER (Isa 9:6). The Law of Moses in the Light of Rev. 14, p. 3 by
Ben L. Roden.

"Pentecost fell on Sunday as an evidence of God's method of working. He began
with the FIRST DAY." Shepherd's Rod, Vol. 2, p. 22.

"Inspiration records that the same SPIRIT Who raised Christ, preached to the
antediluvians... there are three PENTECOSTS to be considered, -- two in the past and
one in the future [yea, FIVE (1) Noah's (2) Moses' (3) Christ's–the ceremonial Pentecost
fifty days after His baptism on the Feast of Tabernacles, at the wedding in Cana, after
calling His disciples. (4) The Apostles' (5) the Latter-day Pentecost for the 144,000] –
brackets ours. ...the symbolical number of the two Pentecosts in one, is 240 ...to get the
actual number of saints in the Third and last Pentecost, and the only one directly
prophesied in the Bible, we must multiply the symbolical number of Bible time and the
saints (600) with the number of the two Pentecosts. Thus, 600 x 240 = 144,000.
Therefore, the Pentecost that is just ahead of us will be made up of the 144,000 saints
who are to be translated without tasting death." The Judgment and The Harvest, 1934
Ed. p. 71,72, (also Tract 3 Supplement, p. 13). "Yes, the great 'army,' the 144,000 will
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the Lord(s). As was Christ's '...ENTHRONEMENT IN HIS MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM
...signalized by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.' Christ's Object Lessons, p. 120, so the
MODERN DAY PENTECOST (emphasis ours) will SIGNALIZE THE ENTHRONEMENT
of His BRIDE -- Saviours, Mediators. Obadiah 21. Crowned in the Wilderness, p. 2, by
Ben L. Roden.

This statement by the Lord's Servant, Ben L. Roden, is telling us now, who have
NEW light on the identity of the BRIDE of Christ, that HER enthronement as His Queen
is going to be on the LATTER DAY PENTECOST IN HEAVEN, just like Christ's
enthronement was IN HEAVEN on the day of Pentecost in AD 31 – in the first apartment
of the sanctuary where he became engaged with the HOLY GHOST in His Mediatorial
Kingdom. THE NEXT EVENT will be the MARRIAGE of the BRIDE and BRIDEGROOM
in the MOST HOLY PLACE of the Sanctuary in Heaven while the 144,000 stand on Mt.
Zion under the FULL manifestation of the HOLY GHOST in a "cloud by day and a fire by
night" which signalizes the MARRIAGE OF THE SECOND ADAM and EVE and Their
coronation in THEIR Kingdom of Glory.

In 31 AD on the day of Pentecost what happened? Actually, TWO important events
took place: (1) In Heaven Christ and those resurrected with Him, the WAVESHEAF, were
inaugurated into their mediatorial Kingdom, and the POWER of the HOLY GHOST,
present at the ceremony, was sent down to earth upon the heads of the FIRST-FRUITS,
the 120, and the 3,000 also, as TONGUES of fire, investing the disciples with the power
of speech, languages, to preach the gospel of the RESURRECTION OF JESUS to the
Jews present from every nation under heaven. (2) Note: the 120 and those with them
DID NOT ASCEND TO HEAVEN but were to REMAIN on EARTH as the Government of
God to preach the gospel, first, to the lost sheep of the house of Israel; then, to the
Gentiles. So there were TWO CEREMONIES, ONE in HEAVEN for the WAVESHEAF,
and ONE on EARTH for the WAVELOAVES, the FIRST FRUITS, being inaugurated into
their mediatorial work on EARTH. In other words, heaven and earth were in complete
unity. Read Desire of Ages, p. 113:1,2.

THE LAMB OF GOD

"He was numbered with the transgressors." Mark 15:28. "...He made
INTERCESSION for the transgressors." Isa. 53:12.

"And they crucified Him" Luke 23:33. "Now from the SIXTH hour there was darkness
over all the land unto the NINTH hour and the SUN was darkened and the VEIL OF THE
TEMPLE WAS RENT IN THE MIDST." Luke 23:44,45.

The SIXTH hour (Dan. 6:10) was the SECOND of the Jewish hours of prayer, the
THIRD HOUR being the FIRST, and the ninth hour the THIRD.

"And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, He said, Father, into thy hands I

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commend my Spirit: and having said thus, (he bowed His head – John 19:30) and gave
up the Ghost." Luke 23:46.

This VEIL, a mystic representation of the veiling of the BRIDE of Christ, which was
between the holy and the most holy apartment of the earthly sanctuary, veiling HER
PRESENCE in the MOST HOLY and shutting out ALL ACCESS to the DIVINE
PRESENCE of God manifested above the mercy seat and between the two cherubim
upon the mercy seat; "the Holy Ghost this signifying, that the WAY INTO THE HOLIEST
OF ALL was NOT YET made manifest (known), while as the first tabernacle was yet
standing.

"Which was a FIGURE for the time THEN present...The rending of the VEIL at the
NINTH hour was a SYMBOL of the SEPARATION of DIVINITY from sinful humanity in
the SPIRITUAL TEMPLE, JESUS CHRIST, on the cross of Calvary, when He gave up
the Ghost, to open to humanity a NEW and LIVING way (Heb. 10:19,20) without sin unto
salvation, through ANOTHER COMFORTER as he had promised, Even the HOLY
GHOST! (John 14:26; 16:7-15).

Into the holiest of all, none could enter, even the high Priest (a symbol of Christ),
except ONCE a year, on the great day of Atonement, and then, only with the blood of
atonement, sprinkled by hand, upon and before the mercy seat, seven TIMES." (Lev
16:14). This was to SIGNIFY COMPLETE ACCESS for sinners to this Holy God, the
SHEKINAH. It was, and STILL is, only through the atoning blood. Thus, until the death
of Christ (shedding His precious blood) the veil over the "FACE of God," the SHEKINAH,
remained.

Now, ACCESS to the Holiness of God, the SHEKINAH, can no longer be denied, for
at the time of its rending, the veil between the holy and the most holy, that is to say, his
flesh (Heb. 10:20)," symbolized the SEPARATION of the SECOND ADAM AND EVE (1
Cor. 15:45) as TWO DISTINCT HEAVENLY BEINGS; and again, their union, "as one,"
in the sanctuary service, which was to become ONE – open for all to SEE the "GLORY
APARTMENT" of God, and the HOLY GHOST.

A partial demonstration was given on the day of PENTECOST–TWO tongues (sword
of truth) – a double edged sword of fire (Acts 2:3). "The SWORD of the SPIRIT, NEWLY
EDGED with POWER and bathed in the LIGHTNINGS OF HEAVEN, cut its way through
unbelief." Acts of the Apostles, p. 38:1.

The veil had ever symbolized the separation between sinful humanity and this HOLY
GOD. The middle partition was taken out of the way on the cross that mankind might
have FREE ACCESS to the DOUBLE INTERCESSION (Rom. 8:26,34) in the sanctuary
above, as revealed in Heb. 10:1,9,15,16,20,22,29.

The VEIL IS GONE: The mercy seat NOW stands open, our TWO INTERCESSORS,
CHRIST and the HOLY GHOST, minister before the Eternal God and His Spirit. The new
and LIVING way is sprinkled by the blood of Him "WHO THROUGH THE ETERNAL
SPIRIT offered HIMSELF without spot unto God." Heb. 9:14.

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In Isa. 6 is shown The BRIDAL CHARIOT coming TO EARTH – The Lord AND His
Train – BRIDE – to minister to the heirs of salvation in the JUDGMENT OF THE LIVING!

Under the Old Covenant it was DEATH to go in. Now, there is NO LIFE unless we
accept this GLORIOUS TRUTH and enter into the MOST HOLY, the Bridal Chamber, the
Glory of God, for the Marriage of the King's Son. The BRIDEGROOM AND HIS BRIDE.
"They HEAR (both) the VOICE of the Bridegroom AND the VOICE of the BRIDE."
Christ's Object Lessons, p. 406:0.

"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him (them); for the marriage of the
Lamb is come, and his wife hath MADE HERSELF ready.

"And to HER was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white:
for the FINE LINEN is the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF SAINTS. [Notice, the fine linen
(righteousness) is on the Bride (Jer. 33:15,16).]

"And he saith to me, write, BLESSED are they which are called to the MARRIAGE
SUPPER OF THE LAMB. And he saith unto me, these are the TRUE SAYINGS OF
GOD." Rev. 19:7-9.

"And the Spirit (Holy Spirit) and the Bride (Holy Ghost) say, come. And let him that
heareth say, come. And let him that is ATHIRST (for the water of life) come. And
whosoever will, let him take the WATER of LIFE freely. Rev. 22:17.

I Am,

Yours, in the name of the BRIDE WHO has come out of HER CLOSET, most Holy
Apartment of the Sanctuary, now thrown open for all to SEE Her Glory!

Lois Irene Scott Roden

"THINK IT THROUGH"

"'Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him
RETURN UNTO THE [1] LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and TO OUR [2] GOD,
for he will abundantly pardon.' We must forsake our WAYS and our thoughts [that are
evil], and in exchange, TAKE GOD'S THOUGHTS AND FOLLOW HIS WAYS. Isa. 55:8:
'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.'
NOT UNTIL AFTER THIS TRANSACTION IS MADE, CAN ONE PLEASE, SERVE, OR
UNDERSTAND GOD, NOR CAN HE ENTER HEAVEN. When this TRANSACTION IS
MADE, the THOUGHTS, WAYS, DESIRES, ACTIONS, AND THE WHOLE HUMAN
BEING IS CHANGED. HOW DO WE GET GOD'S THOUGHTS? ...and ways are found

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in His Word (the Bible). The man who will follow the COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS by the
SPIRIT OF GOD is in a heavenly atmosphere, and walks with God as Enoch of old."
Shepherd's Rod, Vol. 1, p. 141,142.

"It is the DARKNESS OF MISAPPREHENSION of GOD that is enshrouding the
world. Men are losing their KNOWLEDGE OF HIS CHARACTER [Rom. 1:20]. It has
been MISUNDERSTOOD and MISINTERPRETED.

"AT THIS TIME A MESSAGE FROM GOD IS TO BE proclaimed, a MESSAGE
ILLUMINATING in its influence and SAVING IN ITS POWER. His character is to be
made known. Into the darkness of the world IS TO BE SHED THE LIGHT of His GLORY,
THE LIGHT OF HIS GOODNESS, MERCY, AND TRUTH.

"This is the work outlined by the prophet Isaiah in the words, 'O JERUSALEM [Heb.
12:22,23] that bringest good tidings, LIFT UP THY VOICE [Holy Ghost] with STRENGTH;
LIFT IT UP, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, BEHOLD YOUR GOD! Behold,
the LORD GOD will come with a strong hand, and His ARM shall rule for him; behold, His
REWARD is with Him, and His work before Him!' " Isa. 40:9,10.

"What man knoweth the things of a man, save the SPIRIT of man which is in him?
Even so, the things of God KNOWETH NO MAN, BUT THE SPIRIT of GOD." 1 Cor.
2:11.

"Saddest of all words that ever fell on mortal ear are those words of doom, 'I KNOW
YOU NOT.' The FELLOWSHIP OF THE SPIRIT, which YOU have SLIGHTED, could
alone MAKE YOU ONE with the joyous throng AT THE MARRIAGE FEAST. In that
scene you cannot participate. ITS LIGHT would fall on blinded eyes, its melody upon
deaf ears. Its love and joy could awake no chord of gladness in the world-benumbed
heart. YOU ARE SHUT OUT OF HEAVEN BY YOUR OWN UNFITNESS FOR ITS
COMPANIONSHIP.

"So the followers of Christ are to SHED LIGHT into the darkness of the world.
THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT, God's WORD is a LIGHT as it BECOMES a transforming
power in the LIFE of THE RECEIVER. By implanting in their hearts the PRINCIPLES of
His WORD, the HOLY SPIRIT develops in men the ATTRIBUTES of GOD. THE LIGHT
OF HIS GLORY – His CHARACTER – is to shine forth IN His FOLLOWERS. Thus they
are to glorify God, TO LIGHTEN THE PATH TO the BRIDEGROOMS HOME, to the city
of God, TO THE MARRIAGE SUPPER of THE LAMB. Christ's Object Lessons, p.
415,413,414, and onward.

PART FIVE

THE LAMB OF GOD

AND

THE RED HEIFER

NUMBERS 19

NEW MOON – August 6, 1986

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"The Godhead (Rom. 1:20) was stirred with pity for the race, and the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit GAVE THEMSELVES to the working out of the plan of
redemption." Counsels on Health, p. 222.

"Those who proclaim the third angel's message must put on the whole armor of
God... 'It is written.' Keep yourselves where the three powers of heaven, the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit, can be your efficiency. These powers work with the one who
gives himself unreservedly to God... The strength of heaven is at the command of God's
believing ones." Southern Watchman, Feb. 23, 1904, p. 122.

"Our sanctification is the work of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is the
FULFILLMENT of the COVENANT that God has made with those who bind themselves
up with Him, to stand with His Spirit in holy fellowship. HAVE YOU BEEN BORN AGAIN?
Have you become a new being in Christ Jesus? THEN COOPERATE WITH THE THREE
GREAT POWERS OF HEAVEN WHO ARE WORKING IN YOUR BEHALF. Doing this
you will REVEAL to the world the principles of righteousness." Signs of the Times, June
19, 1901.

Here we are told by the Lord's servant that the WHOLE GODHEAD is to be regarded
as engaged in a work TOGETHER to bring about the salvation of Their lost creation –
restored to their original possession in the earth, "as the garden of Eden." (Eze. 36).

Therefore, it is necessary for us to learn HOW this work is to be accomplished by
seeing how and where it is pictured in the Word of God – the Bible.

It is written that we are transformed by the "renewing of our mind"; therefore, "let this
mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus."

THE FATHER

"And I looked, and lo, a LAMB stood on Mt. Zion, and with Him a hundred and forty
and four thousand, HAVING HIS FATHER'S NAME WRITTEN in THEIR FOREHEADS."
Rev. 14:1.

Most Bibles, except the King James Version, say "Who had HIS NAME, and His
FATHER'S NAME inscribed (written) in their foreheads" – meaning, a MESSAGE of GOD
(head) was written in their minds and on their hearts. Thus, we must understand the
meaning of the Lamb's FATHER'S name.

Most understand that the Father of a Lamb is called a RAM. In the light of this fact,
let us consider the sacrifice of the FATHER for our redemption, knowing already from our
past study of the Bible that in the types and symbols of the sacrificial services of the
Sanctuary system are bound up all the truths of the Gospel.

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and Isaac, a type of the promised Son.

As Abraham lifted the knife to slay His Son, the ANGEL of the Lord called to Him,
and turning, he saw behind him, a RAM caught in the thicket by his HORNS,
(representing TWO powers "as one"). "Thus, Abraham offered up the RAM instead of
his son. When Isaac had inquired of his father about the sacrifice, Abraham said, God
will PROVIDE HIMSELF, (as) a lamb for the burnt offering." However, Abraham did not
offer a LAMB; but rather, a RAM, FATHER OF THE LAMB. God provided HIMSELF AS
A SACRIFICE in this symbolism. "God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself."
That is, the Father's name in this text means "Jehovah will provide." This offering was
made on Mount Moriah, the temple site (sight). "In the mount of the Lord it will be
SEEN." The MIND is renewed and sealed. When renewed, to "SEE AS GOD SEES"
and is given full spiritual SIGHT, mental powers, and understanding. The Truth is evident
that Isaac typified a Messiah WHO would not die, but live, saved from death in
trespasses and sin.

Who suffered most when the command of God came to Abraham to sacrifice His
only Son upon the Mount of God? It was not Isaac who inquired about the sacrifice, but
THE FATHER, "who built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac, his
Son, AND LAID HIM ON THE ALTAR UPON THE WOOD." Gen. 22:9.

"And the ANGEL of the Lord said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad..." (Gen. 22:11,12)
"...and Abraham looked and behold A RAM...and offered HIM up for a burnt offering IN
THE STEAD of his son." Gen. 22:13.

"And Abraham called the name of that place (Moriah) Jehovah Jireh: As it is said to
this day, IN THE MOUNT OF THE LORD it shall BE SEEN." Gen. 22:14.

Jehovah Jireh – "The Lord will SEE, or provide": "by faith Abraham, when he was
tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only
begotten son." Heb. 11:17.

"Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead: from whence
also he received him IN A FIGURE." Gen. 22:19.

THE MOTHER

"But Jerusalem which is above is the MOTHER of us all" Gal. 4:26; Rev. 12:1.

"But ye are come to Mount Sion, and unto the city of the LIVING GOD, the
HEAVENLY JERUSALEM, and to an innumerable company of angels." Heb. 12:22.

"He that overcometh will I make a pillar in the TEMPLE of MY GOD,...and I will write
upon him the name of my God, and the NAME of the CITY of MY GOD, which is NEW
JERUSALEM, which COMETH DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN from God (Rev. 18:1)..." Rev.
3:12.

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This CITY OF GOD is "the general assembly of the FIRST BORN (Jesus Christ in
heaven) which are WRITTEN in HEAVEN, and to God the Judge of all, and to the Spirits
of just men made perfect." Gal. 4:23.

"The SPIRIT saith, To him that overcometh will I (the Spirit) give to eat of the
HIDDEN MANNA (hidden truth), and will give him a white stone, and in the stone (Fem.
Shepherd's Rod, Vol. 2, p. 286:5) a NEW NAME written (a message) which no man
knoweth saving (except) he that receiveth it (the message of the name)." Rev. 2:17.

This Heavenly Jerusalem takes upon HERSELF a distinct PERSONALITY as
symbolized in the Allegory of the two covenants represented by EARTHLY Jerusalem
and HEAVENLY Jerusalem, one, a symbol of the other, the EARTHLY of the HEAVENLY
(Gal. 4). Consequently Hagar, EARTHLY Jerusalem, represented the HEAVENLY
WOMAN (Rev. 12:1) four thousand years AFTER sin occurred in heaven, when she (the
heavenly woman) travailed in the birth of her Son in the flesh of Mary, or of the
INCARNATION OF CHRIST IN THE FLESH. Whereas, SARAH represented the
HEAVENLY JERUSALEM (Heb. 12:22) AFTER HIS RESURRECTION and ascension to
heaven (Heb. 12:23) as pictured in Rev. 12:5. "HE WAS caught up to God," to the
"general assembly and church of the FIRST BORN" of the HOLY SPIRIT, recreated in
the image of God – A glorious SPIRITUAL BODY with the Spirits of just men (the
wavesheaf) made perfect, at the end of forty days ministry after His resurrection in 31
A.D.

The servant of the Lord shows in Shepherd's Rod, Vol. 1, p. 224-234 that Sarah
represents the entire church history in heaven and earth AFTER THE CROSS in TWO
sections, under sin, and finally, PERFECTION without sin, as those born "after the Spirit"
by the power of HOLY GHOST WHO has no EARTHLY LINEAGE – Sarah, Mother, an
antitypical Melchizedek, PRIEST of the most High God (feminine).

"Melchizedek is NOT Christ, but he (she) was the VOICE OF GOD in the World, the
REPRESENTATIVE of the Father." "It was Christ who spoke THROUGH Melchizedek,
the PRIEST of the most high God." Selected Messages, Vol. 1, p. 409.

"I will tell you who Melchizedek was. He was the Holy Spirit (feminine) the third
PERSON of the Godhead, WHO took the form of humanity and REPRESENTED THE
LORD JESUS to that generation. Heb. 7:3 – 'LIKE unto the SON' (a priest, but not Christ)
of God abideth a (High) Priest continually." Comment by E.G. White on Melchizedek, as
printed in Liberator, Vol. 17, No. 7.

Shepherd's Rod, Vol. 1, p. 233:2 "...the '7' letters of Abraham and the '5' of Hagar
make twelve in all, – a symbol of the twelve tribes of Israel AFTER THE FLESH. Sarah
and Abraham also number '12,' meaning the twelve tribes AFTER THE SPIRIT
(144,000)."

THE BRIDE OF CHRIST

REVELATION 10

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"And I saw ANOTHER mighty Angel (John 14:26) come down from heaven clothed
with a cloud and a rainbow was upon his head and his face was 'AS' IT WERE (not was)
the Sun, and his feet AS pillars of fire. And he had in his hand a LITTLE BOOK OPEN..."
Rev. 10:1,2.

"In this vision we are dealing with the sixth and seventh trumpet; while Rev. 5 has
to do with an event between the sixth and seventh seals and with a more voluminous
BOOK (Rev. 5:1,2). Neither the Book, nor the ANGEL are the same as in Rev. 10:1,2;
BOTH ARE 'MIGHTY ANGELS.' "

This angel of Rev. 10:1, as distinguished from the one in Chapter 5:2, refers to the
description in Rev. 21:9,11; 19:12 of the BRIDE (Angel) WHO as a REPRESENTATIVE
of Christ (Zec. 2:3,4; 6:12,13), reflects His glory and is identified by the SAME
LANGUAGE, DESCRIPTIVE of Christ, as found in Chapter 1:15,16 and 4:3 "TWO AS
ONE." The "CLOUD by day (ruled by the sun) and of FIRE by night" (ruled by the Moon)
was the "special" symbol of God's Divine PRESENCE, THE SHEKINAH, and Messiah
"As One."

Verse one (Rev. 10) says, the "face" of this angel was "as" the SUN. The rainbow
was upon his head. In analyzing this description, one can readily see TWO Entities
represented. The SUN, male representation (Gen. 37:9,10), shining through WATER
(symbol of the Spirit, feminine) (the moon controls the waters) is what makes the
RAINBOW; therefore, the WATER* is the MEDIUM of reflecting the Sun, even as the
Moon (fem. representation) reflects the light of the Sun (male representation) depicting
a glorious union of TWO mighty angels – MESSAGES that stops the TIME clock (Rev.
10:6). *Publishers note: "RAINBOW" in first printing.

The "small book" in the hand of the angel contains the account of the revelation (in
the "new" Testament time) of the admonition to John contained in the seven Thunders
which have NEVER been written down in the Bible.

TIMELY GREETINGS, Vol. 2, p. 15:3,4

"THIS ANGEL HAS ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A POWER THAT SENDS
DOWN 'THE LATTER RAIN,' and that causes the spiritual grain FULLY TO DEVELOP,
for that is what cloud, sunshine, and rainbow, indicate. As a rainbow never appears
without rain, the angel is therefore the angel that brings the rain and the sunshine for the
development of the FINAL HARVEST.

"...And since the first thing which the angel did was TO OPEN THE BOOK, the
analysis proves that he actually appears on the scene AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF
THE TIME OF THE END, the time the book was to be opened. (Rev. 10:2).

"...And when the seven thunders had UTTERED THEIR VOICES, I was about to

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write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, SEAL UP THOSE THINGS
WHICH THE SEVEN THUNDERS UTTERED, AND WRITE THEM NOT.

"Here we see that there was another truth WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN
RECORDED, but John was told NOT to write it. We do not know how extensive a truth
the Seven Thunders contain, but possibly as much as or more than the SEVEN
TRUMPETS. Regardless, however, one thing stands out boldly, and that is that the
omission of the Seven Thunders leaves A GAP in the chain of Truth. And since the
Seven Thunders are not recorded, the Truth of them cannot be revealed by
interpretation, for there is nothing written of them, and therefore nothing to interpret from.
If, then, we are ever to know the truth of the Seven Thunders, it is to be shown to us
perhaps by the same means as The Revelation was shown to John.

"...'there shall be time no longer'? -- The answer is found in Rev. 10:6, which in
actuality proves that there shall be time no longer for the Mystery of God to be finished;
that the REMAINING DAYS OF THE SIXTH TRUMPET, the time TO the sounding of the
seventh trumpet, IS THE TIME FOR THE MYSTERY OF GOD, the Gospel of Christ, to
be finished." Timely Greetings, Vol. 2, p. 15:3-5.

Thus the book is now open (for all to see) in the hands of the ANGEL of HIS
PRESENCE (the Holy Ghost) to show the way into the most Holy, to those who will see:
There is TIME no longer as he lifts up his right hand while holding the book in his left and
designates God as CREATOR which has to do with the contents of the little book (Rom.
1:20) to finish revealing the mystery about God WHO ONLY CAN UNSEAL IT. (Col. 2:2).

"Here is seen that Inspiration does not at once lighten our path clear to the end, but
that it does so step by step; that God's Truth is progressive; that we can never really say
we have all the Truth to carry us clear through to the Pearly Gates." Timely Greetings,
Vol. 1, p. 11:10.

Notice, there are two parts to this angel's work. Preaching the revelation of God, the
Holy Spirit and God, the Holy Ghost, to the CHURCH and "to every nation, kindred,
tongue, and people."

It is certain that no one gave the interpretation of the three angels of Rev. 14 as
being the three members of the Godhead, until AFTER the messenger of the Holy Spirit
MOTHER came on the scene in 1977 and even more certain it is that none since then
have applied Rev. 14:17 to HER image, the Holy Ghost.

Therefore, if the contents of the seven thunders are to be made known, it would be
in the same manner in which John received the whole Book of Revelation – by DIRECT
inspiration, for Verse 7 plainly says, "There shall be no further delay, but in the days of
the seventh angel's TRUMPET BLAST, when he is at the point of blowing it, the mystery
of God SHALL REACH COMPLETION, IN AGREEMENT WITH THE GOOD NEWS HE
GAVE HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS." Modern Language Translation.

Rev. 10:7 – "but that when the seventh angel blew his trumpet, THEN God's VEILED

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PLAN – MYSTERIOUS THROUGH the ages (to the prophets) ever since it was
ANNOUNCED to his servants the prophets would be fulfilled." Living Bible.

Rev. 10:7 – "but in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the
mystery of God (The Godhead) AS HE ANNOUNCED to his servants the prophets,
SHOULD BE FINISHED." Revised Standard Edition.

Rev. 10:7 – "But that when the days come that the trumpet call of the seventh angel is
about to be sounded, then GOD'S MYSTERY – His SECRET DESIGN, His HIDDEN
purpose AS He HAD ANNOUNCED the GLAD TIDINGS to His servants the prophets
should be fulfilled (accomplished, COMPLETED)." Amplified Version.

These different translations help to clarify exactly what is meant by the King James
Version of verses six and seven in Rev. 10.

It simply means that the mystery of God is to be finished at a certain point in
prophecy, which is the WRITINGS of the Bible, but does not have to do with the prophets
writing, the seven thunders – for the WORD says they were NEVER WRITTEN, though
the TIME of the revelation of the mystery of the Godhead was ANNOUNCED to each
prophet, but never written down.

So the mystery of the seven thunders bursts upon the church first and then the world
like a bolt out of heaven – thunders and lightning by the VOICE of God, the Holy Ghost!

The angel cries with a loud voice "AS (like) a lion (Christ, the Lion of the Tribe of
Judah) roareth," WHOM this angel represents (His Angel).

THUNDERINGS marked the opening of the seventh seal; likewise, the seventh vial
(Rev. 16:17,18) and the final revelation marked by the (1) seventh seal (2) the seventh
trumpet (3) and the seventh VIAL will reveal their FULL meaning as GIVEN BY THE
SEVEN ANGELS OF THE SEVEN THUNDERS. Conclusively then, Rev. 10:7 is only
ANNOUNCING to the prophets that the mystery of God IS TO BE FINISHED when the
seventh angel sounds, not that the prophets had anything to do with teaching about the
seven thunders, for they were never written down, not even by John who heard them.

Therefore, they would of necessity have to be written some time AFTER the Bible
was PRINTED and that, in a more Voluminous FORM than the Bible itself.

The only conclusion is that there were prophetic writings given to the church after the
Apostolic times, to nourish and preserve the people of God unto the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ and HIS Spirit, the Holy Ghost; at which time, they would take charge of the
flock THEMSELVES (through Their earthly representatives) and then take them to the
mansions prepared for them after THEIR ascension to heaven in 31 A.D.

Though, at the time of the end, when the things sealed in Daniel's time were to be
revealed; we do not have the same, with the seven thunders, revealed to John and
sealed in the book of Revelation. The seven thunders were definitely not given to Daniel

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and sealed up until the time of the end, for they were ONLY revealed to John in the New
Testament time: Thus showing these truths were specifically revealed for the time of the
consummation of all things in the END OF THE WORLD.

THE SYMBOL OF THE RED HEIFER

"And it shall be a PERPETUAL statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water
of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall
be unclean until the even." Num. 19:21. Read verses 12,17,19.

"This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, speak
unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a RED HEIFER without spot, wherein is
no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:

"And ye shall give her unto Eleazer the priest, that he may bring her forth without the
camp, and one (who became unclean) shall slay her before his face:

"And Eleazer, the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her
BLOOD DIRECTLY BEFORE the TABERNACLE of the CONGREGATION SEVEN times:

"And one shall burn the heifer in his sight: her skin and her flesh, and her blood, with
her dung, shall he burn: And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet,
and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer." Num. 19:2-6.

"And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean
until the even and it shall be UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, and to THE
STRANGER, that sojourneth among them, FOR A STATUTE FOREVER." Num. 19:10.

"He that toucheth a dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days."
Num. 19:11.

"He shall purify himself with it on the THIRD DAY, and on the SEVENTH day he shall
be clean: but IF he purify NOT himself on the THIRD DAY then the seventh day he shall
NOT be clean (cleansed)." Num. 19:12.

"And for an unclean person they shall take the ashes of the burnt heifer of
PURIFICATION FOR SIN, AND running water shall be put thereto in a vessel."
Num. 19:17.

"Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not
himself, DEFILETH THE TABERNACLE OF THE LORD; AND THAT SOUL SHALL BE
CUT OFF FROM ISRAEL: BECAUSE the WATER of SEPARATION was NOT
SPRINKLED UPON HIM." Num. 19:13 (Read Lev. 19:5-8).

The ashes of the red heifer mixed with running water became a cleansing agent for
the unclean. The uncleanness pointed to one thing – death! not sin in particular. Chapter
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UNCLEANNESS, (Zec. 13:1) that comes from touching anything dead. In this respect,
as indicated by the THIRD DAY, we are to come face to face with the issues involved in
conquering death as Jesus did. The last enemy to be conquered and destroyed IS
death. When this occurs, then we are face to face with the reality of immortality – Eternal
Life.

The symbolism of the red heifer depicts another aspect of victory over death.

We have become acquainted with the symbolism of the "LAMB of God which taketh
away the SIN of the world" through the resurrection from death; but now we learn of the
instrument used to take away the UNCLEANNESS.

"And ALMOST all things are by the law purged with blood: (some by fire) and without
the shedding of blood is no remission." Heb. 9:22.

"For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law,
he took the blood of calves and goats, WITH WATER, and scarlet wool, and hyssop,
sprinkled both the book and all the people saying, THIS (Blood & Water) is the BLOOD
of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you." Heb. 9:19,20.

"The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was NOT made
manifest, while as the tabernacle was yet standing. Heb. 9:8.

"For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and THE ASHES OF AN HEIFER
SPRINKLING THE UNCLEAN, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh;

"How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the ETERNAL SPIRIT (fem.)
offered himself, without spot to God, PURGE your conscience from dead works TO serve
the living God?" Heb. 9:13,14.

The offering of the RED HEIFER, being the only sacrifice in which its color was
specified, and the customs of the Egyptians, where they sojourned, who required the
offering of a RED BULL yearly to their God, Typhon, was undoubtedly the reason God
instituted the offering of the Red Heifer to wean the Israelites from this custom. Also the
Egyptians kept the mummified remains of their dead ancestors in their homes and were
continually unclean.

All, EXCEPT THE BLOOD OF THE RED HEIFER SPRINKLED BEFORE THE
TABERNACLE, was burned to ashes, the BLOOD indicating an EXPIATORY
SACRIFICE. The ingredients mixed with the ashes were the same as those used in the
sprinkling of lepers (Lev. 14:4-7). This was the water of SEPARATION or
SANCTIFICATION for Israel. (2 The. 2:13; 1 Pet. 1:2; Ex. 29:43; Rom. 15:16).

They were taken out of Egypt – separated – so that they could offer acceptable
sacrifice to God. It was on the THIRD DAY of creation that the WATERS were
SEPARATED from the DRY LAND, that it might bring forth the fruits of the earth in
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from the earth – the grave.

While on the cross, two streams, one of blood and one of water, came forth, and He
rested through the SEVENTH Day Sabbath, the seventh day of the week, the "sign" of
Sanctification (Ex. 31:13).

The purifying power of the water of separation upon the unclean was by virtue of its
perpetual appointment by Divine Command, through the grace (Spirit) of God.

As mentioned previously, most commentaries and footnotes say this sacrifice of the
red heifer is a type of the slain Lamb, the Son of God. Note, the Lamb was male and the
heifer FEMALE. This LAMB is never referred to as female. The key is the color, RED.
(Adam, Heb. Adom – Red)

Since we know the first Adam, created in the image of God in Gen. 1:26,27; 5:1,2,
was male and FEMALE the logical conclusion would indicate the female Adam (Eve –
Gen. 5:1,2), RED.

Thus the red heifer has to do with Adam's spiritual self-helpmeet, Eve. The woman,
Eve, in particular, has been blamed for original sin, that fell upon the human race. Yet,
the Scriptures say it was by "one man's disobedience that all are made sinners (not by
one woman's disobedience). Eve was deceived; Adam deliberately disobedient;
nevertheless, through the centuries woman has been blamed, totally, for what happened
in Eden.

It was Adam who was driven out of Eden yet Eve followed, playing her part in her
role of "Mother of ALL LIVING." A symbol of LIFE. Adam slept – a symbol of DEATH (of
the second Adam, Jesus Christ).

Like the red heifer, the FEMALE Adam has been taken "outside the camp," and
slain, so to speak, being untruthfully blamed for the problem of sin, thrust through with
so many lies, accusations, and legalisms which has been a LIVING death – fires of
judgment heaped upon her and reduced to ashes. She shares the fate of the red heifer,
but to a GLORIOUS END – the purification, SANCTIFICATION of Israel by the "water" of
separation. Her skin, flesh, blood, and dung were burned.

No part of her was untouched by fire EXCEPT the expiatory blood sprinkled SEVEN
times before (her) tabernacle, indicative of complete cleansing of the congregation of
Israel.

Observe, into the burning of the red heifer was cast cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet,
meaning:

Cedar – firmness, due to its tenacity in the root system to hold it in the ground. The burning of the female Adam brought forth a tenacity which refuses to let go of
her REAL ROOTS and position in GOD'S IMAGE that will be vindicated in due time.

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Hyssop – a lowly herb, mentioned by Solomon in contrast to the stately cedar. Thus,
the female Adam has gained a valuable attribute, humility.

Scarlet – the wool derived its color from a small crushed worm, denoting a crushed
and BRUISED SPIRIT – broken.

These attributes, all three, are the qualifying requirements as demonstrated by the
LAMB of God, that will ever be able to liberate God's people from the POWER OF
DEATH.

Reduced to ashes and finding herself outside the camp, SHE IS IN THE BEST
PLACE, for was it not outside the camp the Saviour of sinners suffered. She is with him,
both outside the camp working for the purification of the camp of Israel, bearing the
reproach. It is OUTSIDE the camp that liberty from death can be found, not inside.

WATER IS A TYPE OF THE SPIRIT! When, and as the need arose for the "water
of purification," then the ashes of the red heifer were mingled in RUNNING water, literally,
"LIVING WATER."

Gen. 1:2 – The very first use of SPIRIT in the Scriptures was in the FEMININE
gender. "The Spirit of Elohim MOVED upon the face of the WATERS." Both "Spirit" and
"moved" are FEMININE. This fixes the FEMININE gender of the Spirit MOTHER in the
Godhead. The ashes of the RED heifer (symbol of the female Adam) mixed with
"LIVING" water, mixed with Mother Spirit, for liberty from death – Mother of "ALL Living"
in heaven and in earth.

Ashes indicate a COVERING especially for the HEAD, even a turban, which is a
head covering. The red heifer, reduced to ashes, becomes a covering not only for herself
but for others.

SHE becomes the producer of LIFE not death – MOTHER OF ALL THE LIVING. By
the RENEWING of the mind, she is TRANSFIGURED and this brings about a
transformation or transfiguration of the body – produces immortality!

Thus, the belittled FEMININE Adam, burned to ashes, brings forth the truth of
IMMORTALITY! TAKE HEED!

From the beginning she was the symbol of LIFE and she has everything to do with
reversing the death process (especially that through abortion) and bringing forth the
fullness of LIFE again.

It cannot be accomplished by the male Adam alone, the blood (wine) must be
mingled (Pr. 9:1,2,5) with the WATER of separation – "without the camp."

In the exchange, "Beauty is given for Ashes" – "Beauty" meaning an "ornamental"
HEADDRESS; Ashes – a covering. Thus, "if...the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the
unclean, SANCTIFIETH to the purifying of the flesh:

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"How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the ETERNAL SPIRIT (fem.
– Water) offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to
serve the LIVING God." Heb. 9:13,14.

THE SON

WHILE THEY WERE STILL "one" on the cross, BEFORE Christ gave up the Ghost,
Their blood was shed for sin and sinners as symbolized by the LAMB and the RED
HEIFER – BOTH sacrificed "without the gate"!

(To Be Continued)

I am,

Yours very Sincerely,

TO SEE THE "BEAUTY" (ORNAMENTAL HEADDRESS) IN EXCHANGE FOR ASHES
(A COVERING) IN THE "WATER OF SEPARATION" MINGLED WITH THE BLOOD OF
THE LAMB. (Pr. 9:1-6)!

Lois Irene Scott Roden

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Publisher's Review

THE REAL GHOST STORY

by

Doug Mitchell

In the King James version of the Bible, there appear the words "Holy Spirit," and
"Holy Ghost." The words "Spirit" and "Ghost" are both translated from the same Greek
word, pneuma. This has been a puzzlement to many students of the Bible; why did the
translators use two different words, "Spirit" and "Ghost," for the one word in Greek? The
answer is quite simple. The translators were from a variety of backgrounds and had
many different opinions which they had to bring into harmony with each other in order to
produce the translation. When parts were completed they were read publicly, so that
even the people themselves were affecting the process.

There was a difference of opinion, and still is, as to the two phrases "Spirit of God"
(Rom. 8:9,14; 1 Cor. 2:11,14;3:16, etc.), and "Spirit of Christ" (Rom. 8:9; Gal. 4:6; Php.
1:19; 1 Pet. 1:11), is there one Spirit or two? There was also the question, "Is the Spirit
a person, or an influence, or both?" Among those who see the Spirit as an influence,
some believe that the Spirit came (or comes) forth from the Father only; others, that the
Spirit came (or comes) forth from the Father and the Son, and others still, believe that the
Spirit originated from the Father, yet is given through the Son. Many of those who see
the Holy Spirit as a divine Person, not just a force, have no idea where this Holy One
came from. Neither can they say exactly what relationship the Holy Spirit has with the
Family of God (the Father and Son – Eph. 3:14,15).

This was not a new problem for the translators, it existed from ages past. These
diverse beliefs were a major contributor to the split between the Roman Catholic Church
and the Eastern Orthodox Church. It began, basically, when the Roman Church added
the word filioque (meaning "and from the Son") to the Nicene – Constantinopolitan Creed,
about the 7th century A.D. The doctrine of what is called "the double procession of the
Holy Spirit" had been discussed for centuries prior to this, with no apparent unification of
those involved. Arguments and debates abounded, but very little "taking it to the Lord
in prayer" – which would have produced a definite answer to the question, completely in
harmony with the Scriptures.

This problem seems as if it is almost unimportant, as long as one receives the Spirit
in their life. And if this is all there were to the matter, that may be true. But the real heart
of the matter is in the answer to the question, "Is the Holy Spirit just a power, an
influence; or a Person, from Whom comes the influence and power of the Truth?" For
those who do not spiritualize away the Personality of the Gods (Elohim – feminine base,
masculine plural ending), including the Person of the Holy Spirit, this controversy takes
on profound significance.

In Jn. 15:26, it is written that the Spirit "proceedeth from the Father," and in Jn. 8:42,
Jesus says, "I proceeded forth and came from God." Also, in Jn. 1:14,18; 3:16,18, and
1 Jn. 4:9, it is written that Jesus is the "Begotten Son of God," the Father. The word in
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could not be the Divine SON of God if He were not BEGOTTEN, for all other sons of God
are so by creation (as were the angels and Adam), or are recreated and adopted sons
(as are the redeemed). Though the Holy Spirit "proceedeth from the Father," She was
not begotten as was the Son. She came forth from the Father, as Eve came forth from
Adam. Thus, "the invisible things of Him, from the creation of the world, are clearly
seen, being understood by the things that are made, even ...(the) Godhead!" Rom.
1:20.

The testimony of Christ in Psalm 2:7 is, "the Lord (YHWH) hath said unto me, 'Thou
art My Son; this day I have begotten Thee.' " In Hebrews 1:1-5 and 5:5, this Psalm is
applied to Jesus, and His inherited Divine nature. The apostle John also makes it quite
clear that Jesus is "the only begotten Son of God." See Jn. 1:14,18; 3:16,18, and 1 Jn.
4:9; 5:1.

"Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and every one that
loveth Him (the Father) that begat, loveth Him (Jesus) also that is begotten of Him (the
Father)." 1 Jn. 5:1.

The Hebrew and Greek words that are translated "begotten," yalad and gennao,
respectively, when applied to mankind, are understood to mean procreated. But when
applied to the Gods (ha Elohim), though, people don't want to apply the proper meaning
of the words to the reality of the origin of the "only begotten" Son of God. All living things
that procreate do so "after their own kind." So it is with God – His Son is "after" His "own
kind," Divine. He has been begotten by God, not created. It is strange how students
of the Word accept the reality that human beings come forth from human beings, but
seem unable to believe that Gods (a Son and Daughter) came forth from Gods (the
Father and Holy Spirit – after THEIR own kind).

"He (Jesus) hath by inheritance (heredity) obtained a more excellent name than
they (the angels)." Heb. 1:4.

In 1888, God's remnant people were presented with this same truth in a study given
by E.J. Waggonner on the nature of Christ. He stated as follows;

" 'The word was 'IN THE BEGINNING.' The mind of man cannot grasp the ages that
are spanned in this phrase. It is not given to men to know when or how the Son was
BEGOTTEN; but we know that He was the Divine Word, not simply before He came to
this earth to die, but even before the world was created." Christ and His Righteousness,
p. 9. Since God is eternal He has no beginning, therefore "the beginning" must refer to
the creation.

"We know that Christ 'proceeded forth and came from God' (John 8:42), but it was
so far back in the ages of eternity as to be far beyond the grasp of the mind of man."
ibid. "It is true that there are many sons of God; but Christ is 'the ONLY BEGOTTEN Son
of God,' and therefore the Son of God in a sense in which no other being ever was, or
ever can be. The angels are sons of God, as was Adam (Job 38:7, Luke 3:38), by
creation; Christians are the sons of God by adoption (Rom. 8:14,15); but Christ is the Son
of God BY BIRTH." ibid. p. 12. "The Scriptures declare that Christ is the 'only

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BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD.' He is BEGOTTEN, not created... As to when He was
BEGOTTEN, it is not for us to inquire, nor could our minds grasp it if we were told...
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN CHRIST PROCEEDED FORTH AND CAME FROM GOD,
FROM THE BOSOM OF THE FATHER (John 3:42; 1:18), but that time was so far back
in the days of eternity that to finite comprehension it is practically without beginning."
ibid. p. 21,22.

Though we find the phrase "Eternal God" in the Scriptures, we never find "Eternal
Father." For the Father, who truly is the Eternal God, was not always a Father. There
was a time when the Son was begotten. Christ is called the "Everlasting Father" (Isa.
9:6). Eternal means forever past and present. Everlasting means having a beginning
and continuing on forever.

"But the point is that Christ is a BEGOTTEN SON, and not a created subject. HE
HAS 'BY INHERITANCE' a more excellent Name than the angels; He is a Son over His
own house.' Heb. 1:4, 3:6." ibid. p. 22. "Finally, we know the DIVINE UNITY of the
Father and the Son from the fact that they both have the same SPIRIT... Christ 'is in the
bosom of the Father;' being by nature the very substance of God, and having life in
Himself, He is properly called Jehovah, the self-existent One, and is thus styled in Jer.
23:5,6 where it is said that the righteous Branch, who shall execute judgment and justice
in the earth, shall be known by the name of Jehovah-tsidekenu-- THE LORD, OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS." ibid. p. 23,24.

Also in 1930, another messenger came and he also taught the same thought. He
said, in 1947;

"For Jesus to become one with us He had to be BORN AGAIN; He had to become
an earthly man. And for us to be one with Him, we have to be born again, born of the
Spirit (Heb. – feminine). The difference is that Jesus was first BORN a spiritual, a Divine
being, and second a human being; whereas we are first born human beings, and second
spiritual beings." Timely Greetings, Vol. 1, p. 49:6,7.

The Jews, generally, acknowledge that the Scriptures refer to the Gods, YHWH, not
only in the masculine and feminine genders, but also in the singular and plural forms.
But what they reject, along with most of the rest of the world, is that they themselves,
male and female, parents and children, are in the "image" and "likeness" of Gods, as
stated in Genesis 1:26,27, and 5:1,2. Mainmonides, the Jewish philosopher, says, "God
is not a body, nor can bodily attributes be attributed to Him, and He has no likeness at
all. The Moslem's belief, as stated in the Koran, is that "Allah does not beget, nor is
begotten." They believe that Jesus was a great prophet, but not the "begotten Son of
God." In John, chapters 8-10, we see that it was after emphatically stating that the God
which the Jews professed to serve was indeed, in reality, His Father, that the Jews
picked up stones and tried to do away with Him. They believed themselves to be the
sons of God (Jn. 8:41), but not literally, as Jesus was claiming to be. He was saying,
"before Abraham was, I am" the begotten Son of God, My Father.

Those who rejected Christ, because of His claim to be the begotten Son of the
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it quite obvious that there was also a Mother figure in the Godhead, and that thus His
claim could be substantiated by the Scriptures. This is most evident in the English
translations of the 3 main Hebrew words for God; El, Eloah and Elohim. El, when used
in referring to YHWH, or to a heathen deity, is translated correctly as God, or god, in the
masculine singular. Eloah, according to the rules of Hebrew grammar is the feminine
form of El and would thus be correctly translated Goddess. Strong's and Englishman's
Concordances both show Eloah rather than El as the root of Elohim (Gods).

In 1 Kings 11:5 and 33 the word Elohi (whose root is Eloah) is correctly translated
"goddess of," as Ashtoreth was a feminine deity. Yet translators won't translate it in the
feminine where it appears elsewhere. Note the following inconsistencies.

"For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of (elohi) the Sidonians, and after
Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites." 1 Ki. 11:5.

"Because that they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess
of (elohi) the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of (elohi) the Moabites, and Milcom the god
of (elohi) the children of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways, to do what is right in
Mine eyes, and keep My statutes and My judgments, as did David his father." 1 Ki.
11:33.

Though the context justifies the use of elohi when speaking of masculine or feminine
gods, these are the only places where it is rendered goddess.

The most obvious evidence of the warfare against the truth of Christ's begotten
divinity (Godship) is in the translation of elohim. When used in references to heathen
deities it is consistently translated gods (plural), but when referring to YHWH, it is
translated God (singular). There is no justifiable grammatical reason for the inconsistent
translations.

Then again, when elohim (gods) is preceded by ha, it is translated "the gods" when
referring to elohim (gods) other than YHWH. Yet, when ha elohim (the Gods) is used to
refer to YHWH, the ha (the) is not translated, and Gods plural becomes God singular.

A few of the most obvious places where the inconsistency can be seen are as
follows.

"Woe unto us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods(haElohim, ha addirim – literally, the Gods, the mighty Ones)? These are the Gods (ha
Elohim) that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness." 1 Sam. 4:8.

"For God(s) (Elohim) doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall
be opened, and ye shall be as gods (elohim), knowing good and evil." Gen. 3:5.

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suppressing these truths.

"Then the king shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt and magnify himself
above every god (El), shall speak blasphemies against the God (El) of gods (Elim), and
shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished; for what has been determined shall
be done.

He shall regard neither the God of (Elohi) his fathers nor the desire of women, nor
regard any god (Eloah – Goddess); for he shall magnify himself above them all. But in
their place he shall honor a god (Eloah – goddess) of fortresses; and a god (Eloah –
goddess: Mary) which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with
precious stones and pleasant things.

Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god (Eloah –
goddess: Mary), whom he shall acknowledge, and increase with glory; and he shall
cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain." Dan. 11:36-39 NKJV.

The major factor of the reasoning for translating Elohim in the singular (God), is in
a misapplication of one Scriptural statement, "Hear O Israel: the Lord (YHWH) our God
(Elohinu) is one Lord (YHWH)." Deu. 6:4. The Hebrew word here translated "one" is
"Echad." It clearly implies "a unity of more than one number." Yet it has been
misunderstood by most to mean "only one in number." If this is what YHWH, Elohim,
was trying to communicate, then the word would have been "Yecheed" (only one in
number), not Echad (a unity). God was not telling Israel that He (They) was (were) one
being, but that They (the Godhead) were UNIFIED. This was contrary to all the other
religions which surrounded them, in that all of the other "deities" were in opposition to,
and even warring among each other. Polytheism wasn't the problem, a divided or
defaced Godhead, as portrayed by pagan religions was. God is one, echad, united, a
Family.

To truly understand the thought that is portrayed in the Scriptures, especially the Old
Testament Hebrew, it is necessary to be true to the gender therein. Since there is no
neuter gender in Hebrew, as there is in Greek, then any time we read "it" or even "he"
where the Hebrew reads "she," we are losing some of the value of the truth as it was
revealed. The gender of the Scriptures was not an accident, for our Gods had Their hand
on every "jot and tittle."

Today one can refer to many Hebrew dictionaries and lexicons, written by Christian
and even some Jewish sources, which note that the Hebrew word for Spirit, Ruah, is
masculine. Then at the same time many other credible sources by similar scholars say
it is definitely feminine. The very fact of this difference, should make it obvious that there
is a definite effort to suppress the truth that there are feminine Persons in the Godhead
in whose image and likeness mothers and daughters are made.

The story is told that when Jerome, in the 4th century, was making the new Latin
translation of the Old Testament, known as the Vulgate, that he asked the Rabbis what
gender the Spirit was in Hebrew. Their reported response was "masculine," which was
not true. Thus the masculine concept of the Spirit, as seen in the Latin word "Spiritus"
(masculine), has influenced all of those who thereafter came in contact with the Latin
presentation of the Scriptures, which is practically the whole world.

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Since it is a commonly known fact among scholars that the word in Hebrew for Spirit
(ruah) is feminine, many have no problem in seeing a MOTHER figure in the Godhead.
This is true of Jews and Christians. The Jews, generally, do not believe that God
(Elohim) has any form or likeness at all, so seeing the male and female qualities evident
in the Scriptures presents no real problem to them. The problem that arises, though, for
Jew and Christian alike is the notion of a Bride of the Messiah, a DAUGHTER of God,
especially so since the Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, speak of Her. The
book of Revelation is an unfolding, revealing, of that which is hidden in the rest of the
Holy Scriptures. It has been well said that "In the Revelation all the books of the Bible
meet and end." Since the Lamb's Bride is portrayed in the Revelation, let us, therefore,
examine some of the other Scriptures that speak of the Bride, which have been "hidden"
(Rev. 2:17) until now. The first is Psalms 45, wherein is a description of the King and His
Bride.

"My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching
the King (Jesus): my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou (Jesus) art fairer than the
children of men: grace is poured into Thy lips: therefore God (The Father and the Holy
Spirit – Mother) hath blessed Thee for ever. Gird Thy sword upon Thy thigh, O most
mighty, with Thy glory and majesty. And in Thy majesty ride prosperously because of
Truth and meekness and righteousness; and Thy right hand shall teach Thee terrible
things. Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people
fall under Thee.

"Thy throne, O God (Jesus), is for ever and ever: the scepter of Thy kingdom is a
right scepter. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God (The
Father and Mother), Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy
fellows. All Thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces,
whereby they have made Thee glad. King's daughters were among Thy honorable
women: upon Thy right hand did stand the Queen in the gold of O'phir.

"Hearken, O Daughter (of God), and consider, and incline Thine ear; forget also
Thine own people, and Thy Father's house; So shall the King (Jesus) greatly desire Thy
beauty: for he is Thy Lord; and worship Thou Him. And the daughter of Tyre shall be
there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat Thy (the Daughter's)
favor.

"The King's (The Father's) Daughter is all glorious within: Her clothing is wrought of
gold. She shall be brought unto the King (The Son – Jesus) in raiment of needlework:
the virgins Her companions that follow Her (wise virgins, Mat. 25 – the 144,000, Rev.
14:1) shall be brought unto Thee. With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they
shall enter into the King's (Jesus') palace (on the earth made new).

"Instead of thy fathers shall be Thy children, whom Thou mayest make princes in all
the earth. I will make Thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore, shall the
people praise Thee for ever and ever." Psalm 45.

As Adam (the son of God – Lk. 3:38) was presented with Eve, his bride (the daughter
of God), so shall the Second Adam (the Son of God) be presented with His Bride (the

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Daughter of God – Ps. 45:14). She will leave Her Father's house (Her dwelling place in
heaven), and those angels who remain in heaven to minister to the Father and the Holy
Spirit, to dwell with the King (Jesus), on His throne, in the earth made new. (Ps. 45:10).

There is also Jesus' own testimony of His Bride, revealed in the Song of Solomon.
Solomon, the earthly son of David, wrote prophetically of the heavenly Son of David
(Jesus), and His Bride.

"My Dove, my undefiled is but one, She (the Holy Ghost) is the only one of Her
Mother (the Holy Spirit), she is the choice of Her that bare Her." Song of Solomon 6:9.

Then there is Her very own testimony in Proverbs about Herself, and Her relationship
to Jesus. "Hear ye the rod (instrument of guidance and correction), and WHO hath
appointed it." Micah 6:9.

"Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth Her voice? ...She crieth at the
gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

"Unto you, O men, I call; and My voice is to the sons of man... Hear, for I will speak
of excellent things; and the opening of My lips shall be right things. For My mouth shall
speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to My lips. All the words of My mouth are
in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. They are plain to him that
understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge...

"The Lord (Jesus – YHWH) possessed me in the beginning of His way, before His
works of old. I was set up from everlasting, or ever the earth was. When there was no
depths, I was brought forth; when there were no foundations abounding with water.
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, was I brought forth. While as yet
He had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
When He prepared the heavens, I was there: when He set a compass upon the face of
the deep: when He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not pass His
commandment: when He appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by Him, as
one brought up with Him; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him."
Proverbs 8:1,3,4,6-9,22-30.

Since Jesus is the Creator of the world (Jn. 1:3,10; Col. 1:16; Eph. 3:9), then it is
clear from the preceding verses, that there is One who "was there" when He created the
worlds. This Holy One says that She "was brought forth," and "was by Him, as One
BROUGHT UP WITH Him," and "rejoicing always BEFORE Him."

The Hebrew word translated "was brought forth" is khool. It appears in Job 15:7,
"...wast thou made before the hills?" and in Psalm 51:5, "...I was shapen in iniquity." It
also carries the meaning of the travailing that women go through in childbirth, as seen
in Isaiah 66:7, "Before she travailed, she brought forth." Another way of translating
Proverbs 8:24,25 would be, "I was travailed," or "I was birthed." To be "brought up
with" someone implies that the one that one is "brought up with" was also "brought
up." Before He created anything, Jesus was begotten and brought up by His Father
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there "as one brought up WITH HIM."

"Wisdom is justified of all Her children." Luke 7:35.

Why is the word "Wisdom" used to symbolize a Person, and a feminine One at that?
The Hebrew word for "wisdom" is hookmah, and it is feminine in gender. What actually
is "Wisdom"? Wisdom is Inspiration. To be "wise" is to be responding to Inspiration.
Heavenly Inspiration comes from the Holy Ghost. Worldly wisdom comes from below,
the Devil. "...the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his
steps." Jer. 10:23. Everyone is either inspired by God or by the Devil; there is no middle
ground. You either have fellowship with the holy angels who bring the Truth as inspired
by the Holy Ghost, or with the fallen angels who bring lies from the Devil.

As in earthly things, children are nurtured and learn primarily from their mothers, so
in the heavenly, Wisdom (the Holy Ghost) has many children. Psychologists
acknowledge that most mental and emotional problems that exist in the world are a
product of a bad relationship with one's mother. As in the earthly where a wise child is
one who takes heed of his mother's good counsel and prospers thereby, so in the
heavenly. "Wisdom," the gift of Inspiration, causes the children of the Holy Ghost to
prosper. "...the Holy Ghost... God hath given to them that obey Him." Acts 5:32.
"...believe His prophets, so shall ye prosper." 2 Chr. 20:20. "She openeth her mouth
with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness." Pro. 31:26.

If Wisdom, the Holy Ghost (the Daughter), the Bride of Christ, is awaiting Her
marriage how is She also a Mother (Lk. 7:35)? Jesus, Himself, is called the "Everlasting
Father." In Biblical Hebrew there is no word for "grandmother" or "grandfather." One's
ancestors are called "fathers" and "mothers." All Christians have been "adopted" into the
"family of God" by "Everlasting" Parents.

"Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine?
them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts." Isa. 28:9. This is not
for babes, but is for those who use strong meat in due season (Heb. 5:11-14). Who does
the "milk of the word" (1 Pet. 2:2) come from if not the Holy Ghost?

"The significance of the Jewish economy is not yet fully comprehended. Truths vast
and profound are shadowed forth in its rites and symbols. The gospel is the key that
unlocks the mysteries." Christ's Object Lessons, p. 133. "He (Paul) exalted Christ, the
proper understanding of whose ministry is the key that unlocks the Old Testament
Scriptures, giving access to their rich treasures." Acts of the Apostles, p. 229. The key
of the New Testament which unlocks the Old is in John 3:16.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16.

"For unto which of the angels said he at any time, thou art my son, this day I have
begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?" Heb.
1:5.

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The key opens the door to understanding the types and symbols of the Old
Testament.

It has also been said that "the doors of the New Testament are unlocked with the key
of the Old Testament." Evangelism, p. 578. The "key" of the Old Testament is in the law
which typified the coming sacrifice which God was to make for the forgiveness of sin and
restoration of the fallen race. Each of the different types of animals, young and old, male
and female, and the manner in which they were presented and offered, typified different
aspects of the Gods (ha Elohim) intercession for us.

The regular sin offering of a he-goat (literally the son of a she-goat, Num. 28:15) tells
of the Goddess who gave Her Son for a sacrifice.

For thousands of years students of the Scriptures have been unable to understand
the use of gender in Hebrew. The interplay of masculine and feminine forms of the same
word, without knowing how to turn this key in the "door" of the New Testament, has left
many without anything to do but to scratch their heads and say "its all Greek to me."
Some masculine words with feminine plural endings, such as abbaot, fathers, and some
feminine words with masculine plural endings, such as Elohim, being constructed
contrary to the normal rules of Hebrew grammar have left many a brilliant scholar baffled
and speechless.

As stated, the "key" which opens the Old Testament is in the truth that "God gave
His only BEGOTTEN Son." As the creation testifies, sons are produced by a union of
male and female; division and multiplication. The word abbaot, fathers, with its
masculine/feminine representations tells a story of God's design in love and nature. The
very word "father" implies, of necessity, a "mother." Even the word "man" implies a
"woman," for a "man," in himself, is an expression of gender, and gender is a two-sided
coin. The feminine plural ending, ot, which makes the singular masculine base, abba,
into its plural form, implies that to have fathers, you must have mothers. A person can
only have one biological father. If the word were to have the masculine plural ending, im,
it would imply that one could have a multitude of fathers, with only one mother, something
which is impossible.

The word for mothers, emmaot (feminine base, feminine plural ending), likewise tells
her story. For the plural ending, ot, implies that many women can be mothers without a
plurality of fathers, something very possible. If it were possible for a woman to have
more than one father for her child, the word for mother would be emmaim, with the
masculine plural ending.

"Among the Jews are some who, like Saul of Tarsus, are mighty in the Scriptures,
and these will proclaim with wonderful power the immutability of the law of God." Acts of
the Apostles, p. 381. "Souls will be saved, from the Jewish nation, as the doors of the
New Testament are unlocked with the key of the Old Testament (the ceremonial law).
Christ will be recognized as the Saviour of the world, as it is seen how clearly the New
Testament explains the Old (in type and antitype)." Evangelism, p. 579. As this happens
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The warfare against the pure masculine and feminine portrayal in the Hebrew
Scriptures is evident in every society that embraces a neuter form in its language. Those
societies, generally, freely mock the concept of seeing all things in masculine and
feminine terms. "For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, that they all may
call on the name of the LORD, to serve Him with one accord." Zep. 3:9 NKJV.

Who is YHWH?

"And God (Elohim) spake unto Moses and said unto him: I am the LORD (YHWH).
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty
(El Shaddai), but by My name, JEHOVAH (YHWH), was I not known to them." Ex. 6:2-3.

"El Shaddai" has been translated by many scholars as "Mighty Breasted One." In
many places where El Shaddai occurs, Eloah (Goddess) also appears.

There is no question that the name YHWH applies to the Father, Who is
understood to be dwelling in Heaven, upon a throne.

In Genesis 11:7, it is written that YHWH said, "Come, let Us go down, and there
confound their language..." And They, YHWH, went down to the tower of Babel to
perform Their will.

Ezekiel saw YHWH on a travelling throne coming to earth, then departing, then
having returned again (Eze. 1-10). Isaiah saw something very similar (Isa. 6). These
verses show that YHWH is a Person or Persons whose individual presence can move
from place to place. Therefore, YHWH is a Being or Beings with form and substance.

In Isaiah 40:3, we see the prophecy of the coming of John the Baptist, who was to
prepare the way for Jesus (See Matt. 3:3, Mk. 1:3, Lk. 3:4 and Jn. 1:23). Yet the text
reads, "Prepare ye the way of YHWH." Thus the Spirit of Truth clearly shows that Jesus
was also known as YHWH. The name "Immanuel" means "God with us." YHWH, God,
came to earth and took on a body of flesh, and a new name – Jesus. After His
ascension, He sat upon His Father's (YHWH's) throne (Ps. 110:1), there to receive a
kingdom of His own, on earth, wherein He will sit upon His own throne – thus finally
dwelling, visibly, with His people.

In 1 Samuel 4:4, and in other places, the Scriptures speak of "YHWH of hosts, who
dwelleth between the cherubim." Many Christians believe it was Christ who dwelt
between the cherubim, and was the One who directed Israel in the cloud by day and the
fire by night, and spoke to them from between the cherubim (Num. 7:89). Yes, He was
there guiding His people, but He was not alone.

Many, Jew and Christian alike, understand that it was God's glory that dwelt
between the cherubim. The Jew's refer to God's Presence, His Glory, as the Shekinah.
Though this term is not found in the Scriptures, in all of the other Hebrew and Aramaic
writings its use is consistently feminine in gender. To them, the Holy Spirit, the
Shekinah, was a feminine manifestation of YHWH, His Glory.

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That YHWH is spoken of in the feminine gender also, is clearly seen in a gender
accurate translation of Ps. 113:5-9; "Who is like unto YHWH our God, She that is
enthroned on high (hamagbihi), She that looketh down low (hamashpili) upon heaven and
upon the earth? She who raised up (mekimi) the poor out of the dust, from the dunghill
will He lift up (yarim) the needy; That She may set (l'hosivi) him with princes, even with
the princes of His people (ammo). She who maketh (moshivi) the barren woman to dwell
in the midst of the household, the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah."

Of the multitude of languages He could have used, Jesus chose to speak in the
common languages of His time and place, Aramaic, and Hebrew (the language of the
Scriptures). In Aramaic (as well as in its sister language, Hebrew), the Spirit is in the
feminine gender, so then the following is a more accurate translation of what He actually
said in John 14:16-18:

"I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter (Paraclete – Greek),
that She may abide with you forever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot
receive, because it seeth Her not, neither knoweth Her; but ye know Her (Wisdom); for
She dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless (margin –
orphans)."

We are not left "orphans" because we have been adopted by a loving Father and
Mother into a Family with not only a Brother, but also a Sister who has the Family name
YHWH.

"The invisible things of Him are ...clearly seen, being understood by the things that
are made." Rom. 1:20. At the base of all living organisms are the molecules known as
DNA – deoxyribonucleic acid. DNA contains all of the information for the completing of
the organism. The fascinating thing about it is that DNA is composed of four acids,
which are referred to as A, T, G and C. These four combine into two pairs – A & T and
G & C. A only bonds with T and G only with C. Thus nature also tells of the "invisible
things of Him" – The Father and the Holy Spirit (Mother), and The Son and the Holy Ghost
(Daughter). Four powers (acids), in two pairs.

As "father" implies "mother," so the word "son," implies a "daughter," for male and
female reproduce male and female after the "image" and "likeness" of their Maker.

Jesus was crucified because the Jews and Romans wanted to put shackles on God,
by saying that He could not beget a Son in His "express image." Today, those who
believe that God can have a Son, are hard pressed for a reason as to why God cannot
have a Wife and a Daughter also, if it be His will. Where is the Scripture that reads,
"Blessed be he who hath a son yet no wife or daughter?" Christ is portrayed as having
a Bride, yet, to most people's thinking, His Father has no Bride, no Wife, no heavenly
Mother of His Son.

So, YHWH, Who goes by the titles, El (masculine), Eloah (feminine), and Elohim
(feminine base, masculine plural ending) is in reality, four divine Persons. Thus we can
see that the translators of the King James Version saw with greater depth than their
successors the truth of the "Spirit of God" (the Holy Spirit) and the "Spirit of Christ" (the

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Holy Ghost), and revealed their insight of the reality of the heavenly Family in the
translation of the words Holy Spirit and Holy Ghost.

The Bible is composed of the writings of holy men of God, "For prophecy came not
in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the
Holy Ghost." Thus, the Holy Ghost (the Daughter of God) is really the author of the
Bible, for it was She Who Inspires the prophets by dreams and visions (Acts 2:17), by an
audible voice (Num. 7:89), or by a still small voice (1 Ki. 19:12,13). She has told us quite
a bit about Her Family (Father, Mother and Brother) through the gift of prophecy, but in
modesty has kept Her own identity hidden until now.

"You have heard; see all this. And will you not declare it (Her)? I have made
you hear new things from this time, even hidden things, and you did not know
them.They are created now and not from the beginning; and before this day you
have not heard them, lest you should say, 'Of course I knew them.'Surely you did
not hear, surely you did not know; surely from long ago your ear was not opened. For
I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the
womb. For My name's sake I will defer My anger, and for My praise I will restrain it from
you, so that I do not cut you off." Isa. 48:6-9 NKJV.

This truth of the Bride of Christ is old, but its understanding is created new for us
today. It is a "new sharp threshing instrument having teeth." Isa. 41:15.

The full beauty of all these heavenly truths will be clearly seen "on earth as it is in
heaven" in the restitution of the divine institution which accompanied the Sabbath from
the gates of Eden – marriage. Heaven begins in the home. In our families, our Gods are
restoring not only Their moral image, but also Their "image" and "likeness" in our "form
and feature" (Great Controversy, p. 644-5), our "outward resemblance" (Patriarchs and
Prophets, p. 45). Hallelujah. These truths, when fully understood, will bring into balance
all of the relationships men and women have with each other, in all phases of life; at
home, at work, at church, in the highways and byways of life. "When truth cannot save,
it kills." Timely Greetings, Vol. 2, p. 15:10.

Before sin entered humanity, the Gods (ha Elohim) created an "image and likeness"
of Themselves which is known as a family. This image was, and is, to be eternal. All of
the unfallen, sinless worlds of Gods' vast universe, with their multitudes of holy families,
all reflecting Their Creators' image, are anxiously awaiting the redemption and restoration
of the family of Adam to the image of true sons and daughters of the Gods (ha Elohim)
in whose image and likeness we are made.